holobasidium etymology

English word holobasidium comes from English basidium, English holo- (Hologram. Whole.)

Detailed word origin of holobasidium

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.
holo- English (eng) Hologram. Whole.
holobasidium English (eng) (mycology) A nonseptate unicellular basidium.

Words with the same origin as holobasidium

Descendants of basidium
basidiocarp
Descendants of holo-
hologram