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BASIDIOCARP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does basidiocarp mean?
• BASIDIOCARP (noun)
The noun BASIDIOCARP has 1 sense:
1. the fruiting body of a basidiomycete which bears its spores on special cells
Familiarity information: BASIDIOCARP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The fruiting body of a basidiomycete which bears its spores on special cells
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("basidiocarp" is a kind of...):
fruiting body (an organ specialized for producing spores)
Holonyms ("basidiocarp" is a part of...):
basidiomycete; basidiomycetous fungi (any of various fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota)
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