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soredial

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so⋅re⋅di⋅al

  [suh-ree-dee-uhl]
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–adjective
pertaining to or resembling a soredium.
Origin:
1880–85; soredi(um) + -al 1
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so·re·di·um   (sə-rē'dē-əm)   
n.   pl. so·re·di·a (-dē-ə)
A specialized asexual reproductive unit of lichens consisting of a mass of algal cells surrounded by fungal hyphae.

[New Latin sōrēdium, diminutive of Greek sōros, heap; see sorus.]
so·re'di·al (-dē-əl) adj.
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