podetium

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

noun,plural po·de·ti·a [puh-dee-shee-uh, -shuh]. /pəˈdi ʃi ə, -ʃə/. Botany, Mycology.
  1. (in certain lichens) a stalk bearing an apothecium.

  2. any stalklike elevation.

Origin of podetium

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

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