baculum
noun/ˈbæk.jə.ləm/
Etymology Learned borrowing from Latin baculum (“stick, staff, sceptre, cudgel”).
- Bacula can be straight rods, s-shaped curves, or even bizarre, flared scoops.2018 January 24, Elsa Panciroli, The Guardian:
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A small rod-like structure found in spores and pollen.
- The sexine usually consists of two main parts, a partially or wholly covering layer — the tectum (roof) and below that the rods or rod-like elements — the bacules (baculum, columella).1993, M. R. Saxena, Palynology: A Treatise, page 34:
- Derived terms
- probaculum
- Related terms
- argumentum ad baculum, bacular, bacule, baculiform, baculine