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Definition of: pycnidium
(pik·nid′ē·əm) noun plural ·nid·i·a (-nid′ē·ə) Bot.
A spore–bearing receptacle found in certain fungi. [<NL <Gk. pyknos thick + -idion. dim. suffix]
—pyc·nid′i·al adjective
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