n. A sexually reproductive spore produced by fungi of the phylum Basidiomycota
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n. A spore borne by a basidium.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A spore borne on a basidium.
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n. a sexually produced fungal spore borne on a basidium
Word Usage
"Some of these terminal cells push out a little finger of protoplasm, which swells, thickens its wall, and becomes detached from the mother-cell as a spore, here called specially a _basidiospore_."