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gonidium


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Gonidium  \Go*nid"i*um\,  n.  [NL.,  fr  Gr  ?,  dim.  of  ?  angle.] 
  (Zool.) 
  A  special  groove  or  furrow  at  one  or  both  angles  of  the  mouth 
  of  many  Anthozoa. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Gonidium  \Go*nid"i*um\,  n.;  pl  {Gonidia}.  [NL.,  fr  Gr  ?  that 
  which  generates.]  (Bot.) 
  A  component  cell  of  the  yellowish  green  layer  in  certain 
  lichens.