phragmobasidium etymology

English word phragmobasidium comes from English basidium, English phragmo- (Obstruction, barrier.)

Detailed word origin of phragmobasidium

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.
phragmo- English (eng) Obstruction, barrier.
phragmobasidium English (eng) (mycology) A septate unicellular basidium.

Words with the same origin as phragmobasidium

Descendants of basidium
basidiocarp
Descendants of phragmo-
phragmobasidial phragmocone phragmoplast phragmosome phragmospore