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Definition of Podetium

1. Noun. An organ or body resembling a stalk; especially the outgrowth of the thallus of certain lichens on which the ascocarp is borne.

Definition of Podetium

1. n. A stalk which bears the fructification in some lichens, as in the so-called reindeer moss.

Medical Definition of Podetium

1. Origin: NL, fr. Gr, foot. A stalk which bears the fructification in some lichens, as in the so-called reindeer moss. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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