gonidium

go·nid·i·um

noun

pl. -·ia

a reproductive cell produced asexually in certain algae, as tetraspores or zoospores
any of the chlorophyll-bearing algal cells in lichens

Origin of gonidium

ModL, diminutive from Classical Greek gonos: for base see gonad

gonidium

noun

pl. go·nid·i·a,

An asexually produced cell that can generate a new colony, found in certain algae such as volvox.

Origin of gonidium

New Latin from Greek gonos seed, offspring ; see gono- .

Related Forms:

go·nid′i·al
adjective

gonidium

Noun

(plural gonidia)

(lichenology, phycology) A photosynthetic algal cell in the thallus of a lichen; a similar asexual reproductive cell in some algae.
(zoology) A special groove or furrow at one or both angles of the mouth of many Anthozoa.

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Sentence Examples

The foreign algae are always members of the Cyanophyceae and on the same individual and even in the same cephalodium more than one type of gonidium may be found.
The soredia are found in a large number of lichens, and consist of a single gonidium or groups of gonidia, surrounded by a sheath and hyphae.

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