sterigma

noun

Meaning

A slim projecting part of the basidium of some species of fungi that carries the basidiospore.
A woody projection from the tip of the leaf base in certain conifers (Picea and Tsuga).
Part of the genitalia of moths.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

sterigmatum(English)hilar appendage(English)apiculus(English)merosporangium(English)hilar appendix(English)sporabola(English)basidium(English)columella(English)

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