gonidium

[ goh-nid-ee-uhm ]

/ goʊˈnɪd i əm /

noun, plural go·nid·i·a [goh-nid-ee-uh]. /goʊˈnɪd i ə/.

(in algae) any one-celled asexual reproductive body, as a tetraspore or zoospore.

an algal cell, or a filament of an alga, growing within the thallus of a lichen.

Origin of gonidium

1835–45; <New Latin, equivalent to gon-gon- + -idium noun suffix

OTHER WORDS FROM gonidium

go·nid·i·al, go·nid·ic, adjectivego·nid·i·oid, adjectivein·ter·go·nid·i·al, adjective

Words nearby gonidium

gong buoy, Góngora y Argote, Gongorism, gongyo, goniatite, gonidium, gonif, goniff, Gonin operation, gonio-, goniometer

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Example sentences from the Web for gonidium

At free end of each sterigma is formed an oval body—a spore or "gonidium" (d), which, when ripe, is thrown off from the sterigma.
The Elements of Bacteriological Technique|John William Henry Eyre
The motile force is imparted to the gonidium by dense rows of waving cilia with which it is completely surrounded.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 460, October 25, 1884|Various

British Dictionary definitions for gonidium

gonidium

/ (ɡəˈnɪdɪəm) /

noun plural -ia (-ɪə)

a green algal cell in the thallus of a lichen

an asexual reproductive cell in some colonial algae

Derived forms of gonidium

gonidial or gonidic, adjective

Word Origin for gonidium

C19: from New Latin, diminutive from gono-

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Scientific definitions for gonidium

gonidium

[ gō-nĭd′ē-əm ]

Plural gonidia

An asexual reproductive cell found in certain algae that form colonies. Gonidia undergo repeated mitoses to form new colonies, which then hatch out of the parent colonies.

A chlorophyll-bearing, photosynthetic algal cell housed in the thallus of a lichen.

单词	gonidium
释义	gonidium [ goh-nid-ee-uhm ] / goʊˈnɪd i əm / noun, plural go·nid·i·a [goh-nid-ee-uh]. /goʊˈnɪd i ə/. (in algae) any one-celled asexual reproductive body, as a tetraspore or zoospore. an algal cell, or a filament of an alga, growing within the thallus of a lichen. Origin of gonidium 1835–45; <New Latin, equivalent to gon-gon- + -idium noun suffix OTHER WORDS FROM gonidium go·nid·i·al, go·nid·ic, adjectivego·nid·i·oid, adjectivein·ter·go·nid·i·al, adjective Words nearby gonidium gong buoy, Góngora y Argote, Gongorism, gongyo, goniatite, gonidium, gonif, goniff, Gonin operation, gonio-, goniometer Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for gonidium At free end of each sterigma is formed an oval body—a spore or "gonidium" (d), which, when ripe, is thrown off from the sterigma. The Elements of Bacteriological Technique\|John William Henry Eyre The motile force is imparted to the gonidium by dense rows of waving cilia with which it is completely surrounded. Scientific American Supplement, No. 460, October 25, 1884\|Various British Dictionary definitions for gonidium gonidium / (ɡəˈnɪdɪəm) / noun plural -ia (-ɪə) a green algal cell in the thallus of a lichen an asexual reproductive cell in some colonial algae Derived forms of gonidium gonidial or gonidic, adjective Word Origin for gonidium C19: from New Latin, diminutive from gono- Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Scientific definitions for gonidium gonidium [ gō-nĭd′ē-əm ] Plural gonidia An asexual reproductive cell found in certain algae that form colonies. Gonidia undergo repeated mitoses to form new colonies, which then hatch out of the parent colonies. A chlorophyll-bearing, photosynthetic algal cell housed in the thallus of a lichen. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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