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te⋅li⋅um

  [tee-lee-uhm, tel-ee-]
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–noun, plural te⋅li⋅a  [tee-lee-uh, tel-ee-uh] . Mycology.
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
Origin:
1905–10; < NL < Gk téleion, neut. of téleios finished

Related forms:
te⋅li⋅al, adjective
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te·li·um   (tē'lē-əm)   
n.   pl. te·li·a (-lē-ə)
A pustulelike sorus formed on the tissue of a plant infected by a rust fungus and producing teliospores.

[New Latin, from Greek teleios, complete; see teleology.]
te'li·al (-lē-əl) adj.
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