dikaryophyte
noun
di·kary·ophyte
variants or less commonly dicaryophyte
dīˈkarēəˌfīt
plural -s
: the dikaryotic mycelium as a whole in fungi (as the rusts) —used especially to distinguish such a mycelium from that having a single diploid nucleus in each cell
dicaryophytic adjective
(ˌ)dī¦karēə¦fitik
Word History
Etymology
di- + kary- + -phyte