Found 2 items, similar to basidium.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: basidium basidium n : a small club-shaped structure typically bearing four basidiospores at the ends of minute projections; unique to basidiomycetes [also: basidia (pl)]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Basidium Basidium \Ba*sid"i*um\, n. [NL., dim. of Gr. ba`sis base.] (Bot.) A special oblong or pyriform cell, with slender branches, which bears the spores in that division of fungi called Basidiomycetes, of which the common mushroom is an example. [1913 Webster]