Associations to the word «Sterigma»

Wiktionary

STERIGMA, noun. (biology) A slim projecting part of the basidium of some species of fungi that carries the basidiospore.
STERIGMA, noun. (biology) A woody projection from the tip of the leaf base in certain conifers (Picea and Tsuga).
STERIGMA, noun. (biology) Part of the genitalia of moths.

Wise words

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