Definitions for indusium

indusium in·du·si·um

Spelling: [in-doo-zee-uh m, -zhee-uh m, -dyoo-]
IPA: /ɪnˈdu zi əm, -ʒi əm, -ˈdyu-/

Indusium is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 117 anagrams from letters in indusium (diimnsuu).

Definitions for indusium

noun

  1. Botany, Mycology. any of several structures having a netlike or skirtlike shape, as the membranous overgrowth covering the sori in ferns.
  2. Anatomy, Zoology. an enveloping layer or membrane. a thin layer of gray matter on the corpus callosum.

Origin of indusium

1700-10; New Latin; Latin: kind of tunic, perhaps Greek éndys(is) dressing, dress (endý(ein) to put on + -sis -sis) + Latin -ium, for Greek -ion noun suffix

Examples for indusium

Thus it is proper to describe the shape of the indusium as peltate.

The indusium arises from a vein to which the sorus is attached.

Rarely the sinus is so deep that the indusium at last becomes divided.

The indusium is orbicular-reniform, and almost always smooth.

indusium, the shield or covering of a fruit-dot of a Fern, 159.

The sori are narrow, and when young are covered with an indusium.

The sori are quickly confluent, and all trace of the indusium is soon lost.

indusium straight or rarely curved, fixed lengthwise on the upper side of a fertile veinlet, opening toward the midrib.

The sorus is circular and is covered with an indusium which is notched or kidney-shaped.

indusium fixed by its outer margin to a veinlet and opening on the inner side.

Word Value for indusium
Scrable

11

Words with friends

15

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