podetium (redirected from podetia)

po·de·ti·um  (p-dsh-m, -shm)

n. pl. po·de·ti·a (-sh-, -sh)

1. A stalklike outgrowth of the thallus of certain lichens, bearing the apothecium.

2. A stalklike growth or process.

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[New Latin, from Greek pous, pod-, foot; see -pod.]

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podetium - an organ or body resembling a stalk; especially the outgrowth of the thallus of certain lichens on which the ascocarp is borne seta - stalk of a moss capsule plant process, enation - a natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ