subcentric
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English
Etymology
Adjective
subcentric (comparative more subcentric, superlative most subcentric)
- (zoology, botany) Nearly or almost in the center of something; subcentral.
- (mycology) Having or being a oospore in which the cytoplasm only partially surrounds the ooplast.
- Coordinate terms: centric, subeccentric, eccentric
- 2014, Nicky B. Buller, Bacteria and Fungi From Fish and Other Aquatic Animals: A Practical Identification Manual, 2nd edition, Boston, M.A.: CABI, →ISBN, page 687:
- Oospores may be centric, subcentric, subeccentric or eccentric. Antheridial branches may or may not be present, and are androgynous, monoclinous, diclinous or hypogynous.
See also
References
- “subcentric, adj.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
