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noun
A stalk which bears the fructification in some lichens, such as the reindeer moss.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, lichenology, natural-sciences
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noun
an organ or body resembling a stalk; especially the outgrowth of the thallus of certain lichens on which the ascocarp is borne
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: plant process, enation
Narrower terms: seta
History
From New Latin podetium, from Ancient Greek πούς (poús, “foot”).
