gonimic, a.
(gəʊˈnɪmɪk)
[f. mod.L. gonimon (a. Gr. γόνιµον neut. of γόνιµος producing offspring, f. root γεν-, γον- to produce + -ic.]
In gonimic layer, stratum (= mod.L. stratum gonimon) orig. a synonym of ‘gonidial layer’. Now in narrowed sense, the adj. being taken to mean: Relating to gonimia; containing gonimia.
| 1857 Berkeley Cryptog. Bot. §421. 380 Every Lichen consists of at least the external, gonimic, and medullary strata. 1882 Crombie in Encycl. Brit. XIV. 561/1 Thallus not gelatinous, with a gonidial, rarely gonimic stratum. |