STERIGMA

Noun

sterigma (plural sterigmata or sterigmas)

(mycology) A slim projecting part of the basidium of some species of fungi that carries the basidiospore.

(botany) A woody projection from the tip of the leaf base in certain conifers (Picea and Tsuga).

(entomology) Part of the genitalia of moths.

Anagrams

• Gemarist, magister, migrates, ragtimes

Source: Wiktionary



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28 November 2024

SYNCRETISM

(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)


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