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Gonidium

Gonidium
(Science: zoology) a special groove or furrow at one or both angles of the mouth of many anthozoa.
Origin: NL, fr. Gr, dim. Of angle.
Origin: NL, fr. Gr. That which generates.
(Science: botany) a component cell of the yellowish green layer in certain lichens.


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