Sterigma

noun

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.nounA slim projecting part of the basidium of some species of fungi that carries the basidiospore.

2.nounA woody projection from the tip of the leaf base in certain conifers (Picea and Tsuga).

3.nounPart of the genitalia of moths.

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