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Webster 1913 Edition
Soredium
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So-re′di-um
,Noun.
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.
Definition 2024
soredium
soredium
English
Noun
soredium (plural soredia)
- (lichenology) A scalelike structure of algal cells in a lichen, enveloped in a network of hyphae and capable of independent vegetative growth.