abjointv.
/abˈdʒɔɪnt/, U.S. /ˌæbˈdʒɔɪnt/ Mycology. Now rare.
transitive. To separate (a spore, conidium, etc.) from the hypha of a fungus by the formation of a septum. Cf. abjunction n. Usually in passive.
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1887 H. E. F. Garnsey & I. B. Balfour tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Morphol. & Biol. Fungi iii. 72 The cell which is to be abjected..is abjointed singly by a cross septum at the apex of a tubular..sporiferous cell, a basidium or a sterigma.
1924 E. D. Buchanan & R. E. Buchanan Bacteriol. (rev. ed.) viii. 83 At their tip they [sc. conidiophores] abjoint spores which remain united in a head, usually embedded in a globule of mucus.
1947 F. A. Wolf & F. T. Wolf Fungi I. v. 119 Each enlargement receives a complement of protoplasm and 3 to 8 nuclei and is eventually abjointed to become the spore.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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