epibasidium etymology

English word epibasidium comes from English basidium, English epi- (Above, over, on, in addition to.)

Detailed word origin of epibasidium

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
basidium English (eng) (mycology) A small structure, shaped like a club, found in the Basidiomycota division of fungi, that bears four spores at the tips of small projections.
epi- English (eng) Above, over, on, in addition to.
epibasidium English (eng) (mycology) long and usually tapered outgrowths at the top of a basidium, bearing basidiospores.

Words with the same origin as epibasidium

Descendants of basidium
basidiocarp
Descendants of epi-
epiaquert epic epicalyx epicormic epicrisis epidural epifaunal epifilm epifocal epigenetic epilayer epilinguistic epimarginal epimorphic epineural epiparasitic epipelagic epiperipheral epiphenomenon epipterygoid epirelief epispore epitonic epitympanic epizoic