Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An asexually produced fungal spore, formed on a conidiophore.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In fungi, a propagative body which is asexual in its origin and functions.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A peculiar kind of reproductive cell found in certain fungi, and often containing zoöspores.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
fungal spore producedasexually in aconidiophore .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an asexually produced fungal spore formed on a conidiophore
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[New Latin, from Greek konis, dust.]
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Examples
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No. 3 exhibits the various stages of germination of one of the conidia of = Phytophthora infestans =: (= a =) the ripe conidium in water; (= b =) protoplasmic contents breaking up into blocks, which separate and escape
The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition Sutton and Sons
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"On none of the five nights did a single conidium alight on the slides.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 595, May 28, 1887 Various
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