podetium
[ puh-dee-shee-uh m, -shuh m ]
/ pəˈdi ʃi əm, -ʃəm /
noun, plural po·de·ti·a [puh-dee-shee-uh, -shuh] /pəˈdi ʃi ə, -ʃə/. Botany, Mycology.
(in certain lichens) a stalk bearing an apothecium.
any stalklike elevation.
Origin of podetium
1855–60; < New Latin, equivalent to Greek
pod-
pod- + New Latin
-etium (apparently arbitrarily < Greek
-et- or
-ēt- + Latin
-ium)
Words nearby podetium
poddy,
poddy-dodger,
podedema,
podesta,
podetiiform,
podetium,
podge,
podgorica,
podgorny,
podgy,
podiatric medicine