basidium

basidium has 2 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 8.

Definitions

• n.. 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.
• n.. a small club-shaped structure typically bearing four basidiospores at the ends of minute projections; unique to basidiomycetes