Podetium

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A stalk which bears the fructification in some lichens, such as the reindeer moss.
  2. 2
    an organ or body resembling a stalk; especially the outgrowth of the thallus of certain lichens on which the ascocarp is borne wordnet

Etymology

From New Latin podetium, from Ancient Greek πούς (poús, “foot”).

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