uredium

American

[yoo-ree-dee-uhm] / yʊˈri di əm /

noun

Mycology.

plural

uredia

uredinium.

uredium British

/ ˌjʊərɪˈdɪnɪəm, jʊˈriːdɪəm /

noun

Also called: uredosorus. a spore-producing body of some rust fungi in which uredospores are formed

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Other Word Forms

uredial

adjective

Etymology

Origin of uredium

From New Latin; see origin at uredo, -ium

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