‖ kalidium Bot.
(kəˈlɪdɪəm)
[mod.L. a. Gr. καλίδιον, dim. of καλιά hut.]
In florideous algæ, a cystocarp containing undivided spores.
| 1872 Mrs. Hooker tr. Le Maout & Decaisne's Syst. Bot. (1876) 968 Kalidia, capsules, and cystocarps are bodies of the same form as the preceding but containing undivided spores. 1890 Cent. Dict. s.v. Kallymenia, The cystocarps or kalidia which are formed in the middle of the frond are hemispherical. 1900 Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms, Kalidion, Kalidium..= Cystocarp. |