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podetium

po·de·tium

uncommon

noun

1.

an organ or body resembling a stalk; especially the outgrowth of the thallus of certain lichens on which the ascocarp is borne

Origin

From New Latin podetium, from Ancient Greek πούς (poús, “foot”).

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