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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 cellsplay

  Familiarity information: BASIDIOCARP used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BASIDIOCARP (noun)


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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