/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 ) ]
/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 . 2012