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podetia

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po⋅de⋅ti⋅um

  [puh-dee-shee-uhm, -shuhm]
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–noun, plural -ti⋅a  [-shee-uh, -shuh] . Botany, Mycology.
1. (in certain lichens) a stalk bearing an apothecium.
2. any stalklike elevation.
Origin:
1855–60; < NL, equiv. to Gk pod- pod- + NL -etium (appar. arbitrarily < Gk -et- or -ēt- + L -ium)
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po·de·ti·um   (pə-dē'shē-əm, -shəm)   
n.   pl. po·de·ti·a (-shē-ə, -shə)

  1. A stalklike outgrowth of the thallus of certain lichens, bearing the apothecium.

  2. A stalklike growth or process.


[New Latin, from Greek pous, pod-, foot; see -pod.]
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