conidia

Variant of conidium

conidium definition

co·nid·ium (kō nid′ē əm, kə-)

noun pl. conidia -·ia (-ə)

a small asexual spore abstricted from the tip of a conidiophore in certain fungi

Etymology: ModL < Gr konis, dust (see incinerate) + -ium

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