MAZAEDIUM


Meaning of MAZAEDIUM in English

məˈzēdēəm, maˈz- noun

( plural mazae·dia -dēə)

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek maza lump, mass, barley cake + Latin aedes temple, house, building + New Latin -ium — more at edify

: a fruiting body (as of some lichens) consisting of a powdery mass of free ascospores interspersed with sterile elements and enclosed in a peridium

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