po|de|ti|um

po|de|ti|um
po|de|ti|um «poh DEE shee uhm», noun, plural -ti|a «-shee uh». Botany.
1. a stalklike or shrubby outgrowth of the thallus of certain lichens, bearing the apothecium or fruiting body.
2. any stalklike elevation.
[< New Latin podetium < Greek poús, podós foot]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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