pycnidium Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun flask-shaped asexual structure containing conidia

WordNet

Pyc*nid"i*um noun
Etymology
NL., fr. Gr. crowded.
Wordforms
plural Pycnidia
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) In certain fungi, a flask-shaped cavity from the surface of the inner walls of which spores are produced.

Webster 1913