parenthesome

English

Etymology

parenthesis +‎ -some, from the resemblance to the punctuation marks.

Noun

parenthesome (plural parenthesomes)

  1. (biology) A septal pore cap, a microscopic structure of unknown function found in the cells of basidiomycete fungi.
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