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单词 indusium
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
in•du•si•um  (in do̅o̅zē əm, -zhē əm, -dyo̅o̅-),USA pronunciation n., pl. -si•a 
    (-zē ə, -zhē ə).USA pronunciation 
  1. Botany, Fungiany of several structures having a netlike or skirtlike shape, as the membranous overgrowth covering the sori in ferns.
  2. Anatomy, Zoology
    • an enveloping layer or membrane.
    • a thin layer of gray matter on the corpus callosum.
  • Greek éndys(is) dressing, dress (endý(ein) to put on + -sis -sis) + Latin -ium, for Greek -ion noun, nominal suffix
  • Neo-Latin; Latin: kind of tunic, perh.
  • 1700–10
in•dusi•al, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
indusium /ɪnˈdjuːzɪəm/ n ( pl -sia / -zɪə/)
  1. a membranous outgrowth on the undersurface of fern leaves that covers and protects the developing sporangia
  2. an enveloping membrane, such as the amnion
Etymology: 18th Century: New Latin, from Latin: tunic, from induere to put on

inˈdusial adj
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