aethalium

ae·tha·li·um

[ee-they-lee-uhm]
noun, plural ae·tha·li·a [ee-they-lee-uh] . Mycology.
a large, plump, pillow-shaped fruiting body of certain myxomycetes, formed by the aggregation of plasmodia into a single functional mass.

Origin:
< Neo-Latin, originally a genus of Myxomycetes containing such a body < Greek aíthal(os) or aithál(ē) thick smoke, soot (akin to aíthein to kindle, burn) + Neo-Latin -ium -ium; so named from the smokelike spores

Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source Link To aethalium
Explore Dictionary.com
Previous Definition: aethalia
Next Definition: aetheling
Words Near: aethalium
More from Thesaurus.com
Synonyms and Antonyms for aethalium
More from Reference.com
Search for articles containing aethalium
More from Dictionary.com Translator
00:10
Aethalium is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
Dictionary.com Word FAQs

Dictionary.com presents 366 FAQs, incorporating some of the frequently asked questions from the past with newer queries.

Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT