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cystidia

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cys⋅tid⋅i⋅um

  [si-stid-ee-uhm]
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–noun, plural cys⋅tid⋅i⋅a  [si-stid-ee-uh] . Mycology.
(in certain basidiomycetous fungi) one of the large, inflated, sterile cells growing between the basidia and usually projecting beyond them.
Origin:
1855–60; < NL; see cyst-, -idium
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