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Meaning of PODETIUM

Pronunciation:  pow'deesheeum

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  an organ or body resembling a stalk; especially the outgrowth of the thallus of certain lichens on which the ascocarp is borne
 
 See Also: enation, plant process, seta

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Po*de"ti*um\, n.; pl. {Podetia}, E. {Podetiums}. [NL.,
fr. Gr. ?, ?, foot.] (Bot.)
A stalk which bears the fructification in some lichens, as in
the so-called reindeer moss.
 

 

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