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Soredium


So-re′di-um

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Noun.
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pl.
Soredia
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[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] a heap.]
(Bot.)
A patch of granular bodies on the surface of the thallus of lichens.

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soredium

soredium

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Noun

soredium (plural soredia)

  1. (lichenology) A scalelike structure of algal cells in a lichen, enveloped in a network of hyphae and capable of independent vegetative growth.

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