👉 Basidium is a term used in the field of linguistics and semantics that refers to a type of linguistic system where all words are either used or not used. This means that the meaning of each word can be determined based on its usage in the context it appears in, rather than being simply defined as having one or more meanings. In other words, basidium systems allow for the creation of new words by combining existing ones, without altering their original meaning. This is different from other linguistic