podetium
American
[puh-dee-shee-uhm, -shuhm]
/ pəˈdi ʃi əm, -ʃəm /
noun
Botany, Mycology.
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podetia
plural
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(in certain lichens) a stalk bearing an apothecium.
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any stalklike elevation.
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Etymology
Origin of podetium
1855–60; < New Latin, equivalent to Greek pod- pod- + New Latin -etium (apparently arbitrarily < Greek -et- or -ēt- + Latin -ium )
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