Definitions for pycnidia

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pycnidia pyc·nid·i·um

Spelling: [pik-nid-ee-uh m]

IPA: /pɪkˈnɪd i əm/

Pycnidia is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 150 anagrams from letters in pycnidia (acdiinpy).

Definitions for pycnidia

noun

1. (in certain ascomycetes and fungi imperfecti) a globose or flask-shaped fruiting body bearing conidia on conidiophores.

Origin of pycnidia

1855-60; New Latin Greek pykn(ós) close, thick, dense + -idion diminutive suffix

Examples for pycnidia

Probably the species are only pycnidia of Sphæriacei, but that is of no consequence in relation to our present inquiry.