sterigma

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Meaning

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

Similar words

sterigmatum hilar appendage apiculus merosporangium hilar appendix sporabola basidium columella stigma epibasidium

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Word family

sterigmas sterigmata