a membranous outgrowth on the undersurface of fern leaves that covers and protects the developing sporangia
2.
an enveloping membrane, such as the amnion
Derived forms
indusial (inˈdusial)
adjective
Word origin
C18: New Latin, from Latin: tunic, from induere to put on
Examples of 'indusia' in a sentence
indusia
Indusia and scales of petiole basis are also illustrated.
Gonzalo J Marquez 2010, 'La familia Cyatheaceae (Pteridophyta) en Argentina The family Cyatheaceae (Pteridophyta)in Argentina', Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánicahttp://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1851-23722010000100012. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
They are distributed on veins, interveinal regions, and leaf margins, but not on costules, costae, and false indusia.
Tzu-Tong Kao, Shiang-Jiuun Chen, Wen-Liang Chiou, Yi-Chun Chuang, Ling-Long Kuo-Huang 2008, 'Various Microscopic Methods for Investigating the Venuloid Idioblasts of Pteris grevilleanaWall.', Taiwaniahttp://tai2.ntu.edu.tw/taiwania/abstract.php?type=abstract&id=793. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)