Definitions for basidiomycete

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basidiomycete ba·sid·i·o·my·cete

Spelling: [buh-sid-ee-oh-mahy-seet, -mahy-seet]

IPA: /bəˌsɪd i oʊˈmaɪ sit, -maɪˈsit/

Basidiomycete is a 13 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 25 points.

You can make 1485 anagrams from letters in basidiomycete (abcdeeiimosty).

Definitions for basidiomycete

noun

1. Mycology. any of a group of fungi constituting the phylum Basidiomycota of the kingdom Fungi (or, in older classification schemes, the class Basidiomycetes of the kingdom Plantae), characterized by bearing the spores on a basidium, including the smuts, rust, mushrooms, and puffballs.

Origin of basidiomycete

1895-1900; New Latin Basidiomycetes; see basidium, -o-, -mycete