English

hyphidium

From hypha + -idium.

Formed from hypha + -idium

Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- ‘to weave, braid’

Ancient Greek ὑφή ‘web’

New Latin hypha

English hypha

Today it means

noun A sterile hyphal structure in the fertile layer of a fungus.

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Etymograph / hyphidium