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]