podetium

noun

po·​de·​tium

pōˈdēsh(ē)əm

plural podetia

-)ə

1

: a stalk on which the ascocarp is borne in various lichens (as of the genus Cladonia)

2

: an organ or body resembling a stalk (as the seta of a moss)

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from pod- + -etium (origin unknown)

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