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Webster 1913 Edition

Gonimia

‖

Go-nim′i-a

,

Noun.

pl.

[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] productive, fr. [GREEK] that which generates.]

(Bot.)

Bluish green granules which occur in certain lichens, as

Collema

,

Peltigera

, etc., and which replace the more usual gonidia.