Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A fruiting body that bears basidia, characteristic of many basidiomycetes.
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- noun mycology A mushroom which has
basidia .
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- noun the fruiting body of a basidiomycete which bears its spores on special cells
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[basidi(um) + –carp.]
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Examples
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As the small herbivore gnawed deeper into the basidiocarp, one of these tendrils, shivering slightly, rose upward.
Drowning World Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2003
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Slowly, very slowly, he withdrew his fingers from the vicinity of the damaged basidiocarp.
Drowning World Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2003
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As the small herbivore gnawed deeper into the basidiocarp, one of these tendrils, shivering slightly, rose upward.
Drowning World Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2003
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Slowly, very slowly, he withdrew his fingers from the vicinity of the damaged basidiocarp.
Drowning World Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2003
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