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gonidium
[ goh-nid-ee-uhm ]
noun
, plural go·nid·i·a [goh-, nid, -ee-, uh].
- (in algae) any one-celled asexual reproductive body, as a tetraspore or zoospore.
- an algal cell, or a filament of an alga, growing within the thallus of a lichen.
gonidium
/ ɡəˈnɪdɪəm /
noun
- a green algal cell in the thallus of a lichen
- an asexual reproductive cell in some colonial algae
gonidium
/ gō-nĭd′ē-əm /
, Plural gonidia
- An asexual reproductive cell found in certain algae that form colonies. Gonidia undergo repeated mitoses to form new colonies, which then hatch out of the parent colonies.
- A chlorophyll-bearing, photosynthetic algal cell housed in the thallus of a lichen.
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Derived Forms
- goˈnidial, adjective
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Other Words From
- go·nidi·al go·nidic adjective
- go·nidi·oid adjective
- inter·go·nidi·al adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gonidium1
C19: from New Latin, diminutive from gono-
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Example Sentences
At free end of each sterigma is formed an oval body—a spore or "gonidium" (d), which, when ripe, is thrown off from the sterigma.
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The motile force is imparted to the gonidium by dense rows of waving cilia with which it is completely surrounded.
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Ripe asexually produced daughter-individual of Volvox minor, Stein, still enclosed in the cyst of the partheno-gonidium.
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