Sterigma Definition

stə-rĭgmə
sterigmata
noun
A slender projection of the basidium of some fungi that bears a basidiospore.
American Heritage Medicine

(biology) A woody projection from the tip of the leaf base in certain conifers (Picea and Tsuga).

Wiktionary

(biology) Part of the genitalia of moths.

Wiktionary

Origin of Sterigma

  • New Latin from Greek stērigma support from stērizein stērig- to support ster-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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SSTSTE

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AMAGMA

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sterigma

Words Starting With S and Ending With A

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