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gonidium
‖ gonidium Bot. (gəʊˈnɪdɪəm) Pl. gonidia. [mod.L., dim. on Gr. type of γόνος child, produce.] 1. One of the cells filled with chlorophyll which are formed beneath the cortical layer in the thallus of lichens; now known to be imprisoned algæ.1845 E. Tuckerman N. Amer. Lichens 29 The gonidia exist pri...
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Gonidium
A gonidium (plural gonidia) is an asexual reproductive cell or group of cells, especially in algae.
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gonimous
ˈgonimous, a. Bot. rare. [f. mod.L. gonim-on (see gonimic a.) + -ous.] = gonimic (in the older sense).1845 [see gonidium 1].
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gonimium
‖ gonimium Bot. (gəʊˈnɪmɪəm) Pl. gonimia. [mod.L., f. gonimon (see prec.).] A gonidium which is not of an absolutely green (grass-green) colour.1882 Crombie in Encycl. Brit. XIV. 556/1 Gonimia (or the gonidial granules already mentioned) which are naked, pale greenish, glaucous greenish or bluish.
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Three key genes are known to play significant roles in the somatic-gonidium dichotomy: glsA (gonidialess A); regA (regenerator A); and lag (late gonidia
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meconidium
‖ meconidium (miːkəʊˈnɪdɪəm) pl. -ia. [mod.L., as if ad. Gr. *µηκωνίδιον, dim. of µήκων poppy. For the reason for the name see quot. 1871; the dim. termination was suggested by gonidium, biastidium, etc.] One of the fixed medusoid buds produced by certain Hydroids, which contain the reproductive ele...
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nephridium
nephridium Zool. (nɛˈfrɪdɪəm) Pl. nephridia. [mod.L. (Ray Lankester), ad. Gr. *νεϕρίδιον, dim. of νεϕρ-ός; cf. gonidium, etc.] A primitive excretory organ in the lower invertebrates, analogous in function to the kidney, but also, in some forms of Mollusca, used in reproduction.1877 Ray Lankester in ...
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soredium
‖ soredium Bot. (səˈriːdɪəm) Pl. soredia. [mod.L., f. Gr. σωρός a heap. Cf. F. sorédion.] A thallus-bud or cell in lichens. Usu. in pl.1829 Loudon Encycl. Plants (1836) 949 Soredia are little heaps of free, pulverulent bodies, mostly of a whitish color, placed on various parts of the frond. 1866 Tre...
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abjoint
abjoint, v. Biol. (æbˈdʒɔɪnt) [f. ab- + joint v.] trans. To separate by formation of a joint or partition, as the cells and spores in certain fungi. So abˈjunction, the process of such separation.1887 Garnsey tr. K. Goebel's Outl. Classif. Plants 83 The non-motile cells are the result of abjunction....
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parthenogonidium
‖ ˌparthenogoˈnidium Bot. [mod.L., f. Gr. παρθένος virgin + gonidium.] A gonidium in certain algæ, as Volvox, by which they are reproduced asexually.1895 Kerner & Oliver Nat. Hist. Plants II. 634 Daughter⁓colonies [of Volvox Globator] are developed from special cells, usually eight in number, called...
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pycno-
pycno- (pɪknəʊ) bef. a vowel pycn-, combining form of Gr. πυκνό-ς ‘thick, dense’, forming various terms. (Occasionally spelt pykno-; erron. picno-.) ‖ pycnaˈspideæ Ornith. [Gr. ἀσπίς, ἀσπιδ- shield], in Sundevall's classification, a cohort of scutelliplantar passerine birds, having the planta or bac...
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megalo-
megalo- (ˈmɛgələʊ) before a vowel megal-, a. Gr. µεγαλο-, combining form of µέγας great (cf. the equivalent mega-), used in many scientific terms; megalenceˈphalic a. [encephalic], pertaining to or affected with hypertrophy of the encephalon or cerebrum; ˈmegalerg Physics = megerg [see mega- b]; ˈme...
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plasmatoparous
plasmatoparous, a. Bot. (plæzməˈtɒpərəs) [f. Gr. πλάσµα, πλασµατο- (see plasma) + L. -parus producing (see -parous).] Applied to a mode of germination in certain fungi: see quot.1887 Garnsey & Balfour De Bary's Fungi Explan. Terms 498/1 In Peronosporeae: forms are plasmatoparous when in germination ...
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microglossia
microglossia, -gonidium, -gramme see micro- 3, 1, 5.
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microglossary
microglossary, -glossia, -gonidium, -gramme see micro- 1 b, 3, 1, 5.
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