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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. The state in certain fungi in which each compartment of a hypha contains two nuclei, each derived from a different parent.

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  1. n. biology A hypha that has two nuclei

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  1. di-1 + Greek karuon, nut, kernel; see karyo-. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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