sterigma

ste rig ma |stəˈrigmə stəˈrɪɡmə | ▶noun ( pl. sterigmata |-mətə | ) Botany (in some fungi ) a spore-bearing projection from a cell. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek stērigma ‘a support, ’ from stērizein ‘to support. ’

sterigma

sterigma |stəˈrɪgmə | ▶noun ( pl. sterigmata |stəˈrɪgmətə | ) Botany (in some fungi ) a spore-bearing projection from a cell. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek stērigma ‘a support ’, from stērizein ‘to support ’.