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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD INDUSIUM

New Latin, from Latin: tunic, from induere to put on.
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PRONUNCIATION OF INDUSIUM

indusium  [ɪnˈdjuːzɪəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INDUSIUM

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determiner
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Indusium is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES INDUSIUM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

indusium

Sorus

A sorus is a cluster of sporangia in ferns and fungi. This New Latin word is from Ancient Greek σωρός. In fungi and lichens, the sorus is surrounded by an external layer. In some red algae it may take the form of a depression into the thallus. In ferns, these form a yellowish or brownish mass on the edge or underside of a fertile frond. In some species, they are protected during development by a scale or film of tissue called the indusium, which forms an umbrella-like cover. Sori occur on the sporophyte generation, the sporangia within producing haploid meiospores. As the sporongia mature, the indusium shrivels so that spore release is unimpeded. The sporangia then burst and release the spores. The shape, arrangement, and location of the sori are often valuable clues in the identification of fern taxa. Sori may be circular or linear. They may be arranged in rows, either parallel or oblique to the costa, or randomly. Their location may be marginal or set away from the margin on the frond lamina. The presence or absence of indusium is also used to identify fern taxa.

Definition of indusium in the English dictionary

The definition of indusium in the dictionary is a membranous outgrowth on the undersurface of fern leaves that covers and protects the developing sporangia. Other definition of indusium is an enveloping membrane, such as the amnion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INDUSIUM


Brundisium
brʌnˈdɪzɪəm
caesium
ˈsiːzɪəm
cesium
ˈsiːzɪəm
dichasium
daɪˈkeɪzɪəm
Elysium
ɪˈlɪzɪəm
epimysium
ˌɛpɪˈmɪzɪəm
gymnasium
dʒɪmˈneɪzɪəm
magnesium
mæɡˈniːzɪəm
monochasium
ˌmɒnəʊˈkeɪzɪəm
museum
mjuːˈzɪəm
perimysium
ˌpɛrɪˈmɪzɪəm
pleiochasium
ˌplaɪəʊˈkeɪzɪəm
polychasium
ˌpɒlɪˈkeɪzɪəm
progymnasium
ˌprəʊdʒɪmˈneɪzɪəm
Rijksmuseum
ˈraɪxsmjuːˌzɪəm
symposium
sɪmˈpəʊzɪəm
trapezium
trəˈpiːzɪəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INDUSIUM

indusia
indusial
indusiate
industrial
industrial accident
industrial action
industrial archaeologist
industrial archaeology
industrial arts
industrial capacity
industrial correspondent
industrial democracy
industrial design
industrial designer
industrial development certificate
industrial diamond
industrial disease
industrial dispute
industrial engineering
industrial espionage

WORDS THAT END LIKE INDUSIUM

aluminium
aquarium
at a premium
auditorium
Belgium
calcium
consortium
dysprosium
equilibrium
hassium
lithium
millennium
Novaesium
podium
potassium
premium
sodium
stadium
titanium
yttrium

Synonyms and antonyms of indusium in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «indusium» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

囊群盖
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

indusios
570 millions of speakers

English

indusium
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Translator English - Hindi

indusium
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

indusium
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

indusium
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

indusium
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

indusium
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

indusie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Indusium
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Indusium
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

包膜
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

포막
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Indusium
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

indusium
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

indusium
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

इंडूसियम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

indusium
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

indusium
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

indusium
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

indusium
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

indusium
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

αμφίεσμα
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

indusium
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

indusium
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

indusium
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of indusium

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INDUSIUM»

The term «indusium» is normally little used and occupies the 149.495 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INDUSIUM» OVER TIME

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INDUSIUM»

Discover the use of indusium in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to indusium and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Flora of the Sydney Region
Indusium in the New South Wales species cupuliform or pouch-shaped, 2-valved, rounded or linear (with an outer false indusium and an inner true indusium) or 1- valved and composed of a small, reflexed, marginal flap or the linear, reflexed, ...
Belinda Jane Pellow, Murray James Henwood, Roger Charles Carolin, 2009
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Flora of the British Isles
ADIANTACEAE 18 Indusium absent. Indusium present. 19 Pinnae entire. Pinnae divided. 9. POLYPODIACEAE 13. ATHYRIACEAE lS 22 2(> 2! 20 Lvs forming a crown. Lvs solitary. 21 Lf divided into 3 nearly equal portions. 14. ASPIDIACEAE  ...
A. R. Clapham, T. G. Tutin, D. M. Moore, 1990
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The Ferns (filicales) Treated Comparatively with a View to ...
Of the Simplices with superficial sori the Marattiaceae and Gleicheniaceae are without any definite indusium. But among the Gradatae there are Ferns with sori in the same position, some without and some with a basal indusium. The Cyatheae ...
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Arizona Flora
Woodwardia 9. Veins all free or, in Phanerophlebia, casually anastomosing but not forming regular areoles (10). 10. Indusium inferior, i.e. borne under the sporangia and surrounding them, deeply lacerate into filamentous or broad segments .
Thomas Henry Kearney, Robert Hibbs Peebles, 1960
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An encyclopædia of plants;: comprising the description, ...
£168. Potybotrya, Theca? closely covering the whole surface of the pinnules of an altered frond. Indusium none. 2169. Acrostichutn, Thccae scattered, occupying all the lower surface of the frond, or a part of iL Indusium none. 2170. Hemionitis ...
John Claudius Loudon, Mrs. Loudon (Jane), George Don, 1836
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Plant Systematics
Leptosporangia are often aggregated into clusters, known as sori (singular sorus; Figure 4.24A,B,D), which may or may not be covered by a flap of tissue, the indusium (Figure 4.24E). Some species have an extension of the pinnule margin  ...
Michael G. Simpson, 2011
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The Ferns (Filicales)
Alsophila itself, and more constantly in Hemitelia and Cyathea, by lateral extension or possibly by webbing, or both, produced that flattened organ which has been styled in those Ferns the "indusium inferum" The whole question requires to be ...
8
The Ferns of South Africa Containing Descriptions and ...
Sori reniform on the intra- marginal raised end of a vein, and covered by a reniform or elliptical indusium, attached along its length to the vein, and free all round the edges and upper end. Genus 9. Aspidium. Sori round, indusium round, fixed ...
Thomas Robertson Sim
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Flora of the British Isles
9 Sori oblong, lower margin of the indusium bent in the middle; lvs 2-pinnate, pinnules oblong. 9. Athyrium Son linear, lower margin of the indusium straight; (if lvs 2-pinnate, pinnules not oblong). 7. Asplenium 10 Lvs deeply pinnatifid, the ...
A.R. Clapham, E.F. Warburg, T.G. Tutin, 1965
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New Flora of the British Isles
9 Leaves 2-pinnate, or 1-pinnate with the pinnae deeply lobed 10 9 Leaves 3(4)- pinnate, at least at base 11 10 Pinnae all ± parallel, the longest ones several removed from the basal one; indusium present 14/1. THELYPTERIS 10 Lowest pair ...
Clive Stace, 2010

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INDUSIUM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term indusium is used in the context of the following news items.
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Flowering Now: Southern Beeblossom
... strongly supported by molecular data, is marked by at least two morphological synapomorphies: the presence of an indusium on the style, ... «Gainesville Sun, May 15»
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New to nature No 123: Cyathea moranii
What was key to observe was whether or not there was an indusium, a tiny veil, over the sorus. After additional searching, a fertile plant was ... «The Guardian, May 14»
3
10 fascinating time-lapse GIFs
As the fruiting body of the mushroom pokes above ground, it drops a long net-like structure called the indusium. The holes in the indusium are ... «Geek, Feb 14»
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Gray's Anatomy, 39th Edition: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical …
For example, the index indicates that there is a figure showing the indusium griseum, but the figure on page 412 has no labeling of that structure. There are also ... «AJNR, Dec 05»

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