Basicranial flexure
basicranial flexure
basicranial flexure n.
See pontine flexure.
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of, relating to, or forming a base; fundamental: a basic principle; the basic ingredient. Chemistry. pertaining to, of the nature of, or containing a base. not having all of the hydroxyls of the base replaced by the acid group, or having the metal or its equivalent united partly to the acid group and partly to […]
- Basidia
plural of basidium. a special form of sporophore, characteristic of basidiomycetous fungi, on which the sexual spores are borne, usually at the tips of slender projections. Historical Examples They resemble each other very much, except that the basidia bear four sterigmata and a spore on each. Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George […]
- Basidium
a special form of sporophore, characteristic of basidiomycetous fungi, on which the sexual spores are borne, usually at the tips of slender projections. Historical Examples C, A basidium before the four nuclei derived from the secondary nucleus of the basidium have passed into the four basidiospores. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 Various […]
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- Basidioma
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