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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD STERIGMA

New Latin from Greek stērigma support, from stērizein to sustain.
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PRONUNCIATION OF STERIGMA

sterigma  [stəˈrɪɡmə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STERIGMA

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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sterigma 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 STERIGMA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

sterigma

Sterigma

In biology, a sterigma is a small supporting structure. It commonly refers to an extension of the basidium consisting of a basal filamentous part and a slender projection which carries a spore at the tip. The sterigmata are formed on the basidium as it develops and undergoes meiosis, to result in the production of four nuclei. The nuclei gradually migrate to the tips of the basidium, and one nucleus will migrate into each spore that develops at the tip of each sterigma. In less common usage, a sterigma is a structure within the posterior end of the genitalia of female Lepidoptera. It also refers to the stem-like structure, also called a "woody peg" at the base of the leaves of some, but not all Conifers, specifically Picea and Tsuga.

Definition of sterigma in the English dictionary

The definition of sterigma in the dictionary is a minute stalk bearing a spore or chain of spores in certain fungi.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH STERIGMA


agma
ˈæɡmə
bregma
ˈbrɛɡmə
dogma
ˈdɒɡmə
enigma
ɪˈnɪɡmə
kerygma
ˌkeˈriːɡmə
magma
ˈmæɡmə
regma
ˈrɛɡmə
sigma
ˈsɪɡmə
smegma
ˈsmɛɡmə
stigma
ˈstɪɡmə
stigme
ˈstɪɡmə
syntagma
sɪnˈtæɡmə
tagma
ˈtæɡmə
zeugma
ˈzjuːɡmə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STERIGMA

stereotypically
stereotyping
stereotypist
stereotypy
stereovision
steric
sterical
sterically
sterilant
sterile
sterilely
sterilisable
sterilisation
sterilise
steriliser
sterility
sterilizable
sterilization
sterilize
sterilizer

WORDS THAT END LIKE STERIGMA

Alabama
alma
Chomolangma
Chomolungma
cinema
drama
emma
lama
Lima
ma
mama
Nama
Obama
Oklahoma
Panama
Qomolangma
Roma
sama
Six Sigma
Tema

Synonyms and antonyms of sterigma in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «sterigma» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

sterigma
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Sterigma
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مجيل
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sterigma
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Translator English - Portuguese

sterigma
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Translator English - Bengali

sterigma
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Translator English - French

stérigmate
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Sterigma
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Sterigma
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Translator English - Japanese

sterigma
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sterigma
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Sterigma
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sterigma
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Translator English - Tamil

sterigma
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सडपातळ
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Translator English - Turkish

sterigma
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sterigma
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Sterigma
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sterigma
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Sterigma
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sterigma
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sterigma
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sterigma
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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STERIGMA»

The term «sterigma» is used very little and occupies the 180.894 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STERIGMA» OVER TIME

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STERIGMA»

Discover the use of sterigma in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sterigma and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Plant Pathology V3: The Diseased Population Epidemics and ...
Again, if the discharge is due to rounding-off at the interface between spore and sterigma, the beautiful asymmetry of its position on the sterigma would seem to have no significance, nor would the process of drop secretion at the hilum, which  ...
James G. Horsfall, 2012
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The South Asiatic Olethreutini: (Lepidoptera Tortricidae).
Aedeagus short and broad, anellus forming a large sclerotized ring. Female genitalia. Sterigma large, concave-semioval or spherical, finely aciculate, ostium on top or ventro-apically, colliculum of diverse length ; base of ductus bursae swollen ...
Alexey Diakonoff, 1973
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The Fungi
sterigma epibasidium > epibasidium metabasidium hypobasidium probasidium or cyst hypobasidium Fig. 8. Diagrammatic sketch of a phragmobasidium to compare terminologies of various authors and to show especially changes in ...
Dr. P.D. Sharma
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Biology of Australian Butterflies
In its most common form, found in many parnassiines and acraeines, the sterigma, or external female genitalia, is in the form of a flat or convex plate, heavily sclerotized and surrounding the exposed ostium. Internally, the bursa copulatrix is ...
Roger Laurence Kitching, 1999
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Olethreutine Moths of Australia: (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
(107) Sterigma position: (1) in intersegmental membrane behind S7; (2) in excavation of hindmargin of S7; (3) behind projecting hindmargin of S7; (4) within S7. (108) Sterigma: (1) not connected with anterior apophyses; (2) laterally connected ...
Marianne Horak, 2006
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An Introduction to Mycology
A short sterigma arises from each cell, on the tip of which a small basidiospore is formed. If teliospores are many-celled, each cell is capable of germinating and giving rise to basidiospores. The teliospores may be produced free from each ...
R. S. Mehrotra, K. R. Aneja, 1990
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Handbuch D.zoologie Bd.4/35 Kristensen:lepid.1ae
cordance with their numerous plesiomorphies (sterigma connected with apophyses anteriores, large coecum. alar furrow in pupa) the Microcor- sini are here treated as the most plesiomorphic olethreutines. Recent studies (Horak in prep.) ...
Niels P. Kristensen, 1999
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A Textbook Of Botany - Vol 1, 11E
The nucleus in the sterigma divides, and one nucleus migrates into the narrow apex of the sterigma. The terminal portion of the sterigma is then separated by a septum from the parent cell as a short uninucleate cell, the conidium. When it is ...
P S Trivedi S N Pandey, P S Trivedi S N Pandey, Pandey, S N & Trivedi, P S, 2009
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The Cereal Rusts: Origins, Specificity, Structure, and ...
After meiosis II and formation of another two septa, sterigma (Figs. 11 and 7) develop from small papillae. At the apex of the sterigma, a small vesicle with cytoplasm and nucleus emerges (Fig. II). The vesicles or basidiospores enlarge and are ...
William Bushnell, 1984
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ADVANCES IN GENETICS
How the nuclei of the two or more sister secondary sterigmata are related to the nucleus of the primary sterigma is not known for certain (see Yuill, 1950). The nucleus in each secondary sterigma divides repeatedly, and at each division one  ...
M. Demerec, 1953

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