PODETIUM


Meaning of PODETIUM in English

/peuh dee"shee euhm, -sheuhm/ , n. , pl. podetia /-shee euh, -sheuh/ . Bot., Mycol.

1. (in certain lichens) a stalk bearing an apothecium.

2. any stalklike elevation.

[ 1855-60; pod- POD- + NL -etium (appar. arbitrarily -et- or -et- + L -ium ) ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .