Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A hypha occurring in certain fungi after sexual reproduction in which each compartment contains two nuclei, one from each parent.
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- noun biology A
hypha that has twonuclei
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[di– + Greek karuon, nut, kernel; see karyo–.]
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