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Definition of: conidium
(kō·nid′ē·əm) noun plural co·nid·i·a (kō·nid′ē·ə) Bot.
A non–sexually produced propagative cell or spore borne upon special branches of the thallus in many species of fungi. Also co·nid·i·o·spore (kō·nid′ē·ə·spôr′, -spōr′). [<NL <Gk. konis dust]
—co·nid′·i·al adjective
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