aecidium
noun
ae·cid·i·um
ē-ˈsi-dē-əm
1
plural aecidia
ē-ˈsi-dē-ə
: aecium especially : a cup-shaped or spheroidal aecium with a peridial layer
2
capitalized : a form genus of rust fungi having only an aecial stage with toothed cup-shaped peridia
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from New Latin, irregularly for *oecidium, borrowed from Greek oikídion, diminutive of oîkos "house, abode, room"
First Known Use
1751, in the meaning defined at sense 2
- nonanatomical
- nonanatomically
- nonane
- nonanimal
- nonanol
- nonanswer
- nonanswers
- nonantagonistic
- nonanthropological
- nonanthropologically
- nonanthropologist
- nonanthropologists
- nonantibiotic
- nonantibiotics
- nonantigenic
- nonapparent easement
- nonappearance
- nonappearances
- nonaquatic
- nonaqueous
- nonarable
- nonarbitrariness
- nonarbitrarinesses
- nonarbitrary
- nonarchitect