Gonidium

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gonidium \Go*nid"i*um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, dim. of ? angle.]
     (Zool.)
     A special groove or furrow at one or both angles of the mouth
     of many Anthozoa.
     [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gonidium \Go*nid"i*um\, n.; pl. {Gonidia}. [NL., fr. Gr. ? that
     which generates.] (Bot.)
     A component cell of the yellowish green layer in certain
     lichens.
     [1913 Webster]