acrasia

acrasia: \\əˈkrāzh(ē)ə\ noun
Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, probably from Greek akrasia bad mixture, from akratos unmixed + -ia

: a genus (the type of the family Acrasiaceae) of saprophytic fungi of the order Acrasiales having amoeboid cells produced from spores and aggregated without fusion into a pseudoplasmodium and having a fruiting body, often with a sterile stalklike portion, formed by rounding up and contraction of the pseudoplasmodium

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acrasia — acra·sia … English syllables
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