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podetium

[ puh-dee-shee-uhm, -shuhm ]

noun

Botany, Mycology.
plural podetia
  1. (in certain lichens) a stalk bearing an apothecium.
  2. any stalklike elevation.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of podetium1

1855–60; < New Latin, equivalent to Greek pod- pod- + New Latin -etium (apparently arbitrarily < Greek -et- or -ŧ- + Latin -ium )

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