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PODETIUM
podetium
(noun) an organ or body resembling a stalk; especially the outgrowth of the thallus of certain lichens on which the ascocarp is borne
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Po*de"ti*um, n.; pl. Podetia, E. Podetiums. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.)
Definition: A stalk which bears the fructification in some lichens, as in the so-called reindeer moss.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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