Basidium-borne body Crossword Clue
5 letters · New York Times · Saturday, September 14, 2013 · 47-Down
Appeared in 1 New York Times Crossword: Saturday, September 14, 2013.
Exact puzzle match · New York Times · September 14, 2013 · 47-Down · 5 letters
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a small usually single-celled asexual reproductive body produced by many nonflowering plants and fungi and some bacteria and protozoans and that are capable of developing into a new individual without sexual fusion; "a sexual spore is formed after the fusion of gametes"
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