Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A basidium-bearing structure found in such basidiomycetous fungi as mushrooms and puffballs.
Wiktionary
- n. mycology A mushroom which has basidia.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the fruiting body of a basidiomycete which bears its spores on special cells
Etymologies
- basidi(um) + -carp. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“As the small herbivore gnawed deeper into the basidiocarp, one of these tendrils, shivering slightly, rose upward.”
“Slowly, very slowly, he withdrew his fingers from the vicinity of the damaged basidiocarp.”
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Mycology
basidiomycete, initiation, fungus, shiitake, inoculum, substrate, fruit body, mycelium, hyphal growth, oyster, spawn run, polypore and 207 more...
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Carp
carp, carping, carpet, pilocarpine, parthenocarpy, carper, basidiocarp, acarpous, apocarpous, ascocarp, Brussels carpet, carpe diem and 104 more...
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