an asexual reproductive cell in some colonial algae
Derived forms
gonidial (goˈnidial) or gonidic (goˈnidic)
adjective
Word origin
C19: from New Latin, diminutive from gono-
Examples of 'gonidia' in a sentence
gonidia
The hyphae lie irregularly around the gonidia and cover them but partly.
P. GROBNHART 2015, 'MALAYSIAN LICHENS—III*', Reinwardtiahttp://e-journal.biologi.lipi.go.id/index.php/reinwardtia/article/view/1058. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
These clusters of gonidia are held together by the thalline hyphae constituting in this way a homoiomeric thallus.
P. GROBNHART 2015, 'MALAYSIAN LICHENS—III*', Reinwardtiahttp://e-journal.biologi.lipi.go.id/index.php/reinwardtia/article/view/1058. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)