sterigma

[stuh-rig-muh]

ste·rig·ma

[stuh-rig-muh]
noun, plural ste·rig·ma·ta [-muh-tuh] . Mycology.
a small stalk that bears a sporangium, a conidium, or especially a basidiospore.

Origin:
1865–70; < Neo-Latin < Greek stḗrigma a support, equivalent to stērig-, base of stērízein to support + -ma noun suffix

ster·ig·mat·ic [ster-ig-mat-ik, steer-] , adjective
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Sterigma is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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sterigma (stəˈrɪɡmə)
 
n
biology a minute stalk bearing a spore or chain of spores in certain fungi
 
[C19: New Latin from Greek stērigma support, from stērizein to sustain]

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