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Definition of: homothallic
(hō′mə·thal′ik, hom′ə-) adjective Bot
Designating that condition of the mold fungi in which the sexual gametes which conjugate arise from the same mycelium: opposed to heterothallic. [<Gk. homos same + thallos branch]
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