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- noun botany The
cupulate fruiting body borne upon themycelium of certainfungi commonlyparasitic uponspecimina of theCompositae ,Lamiaceae ,Leguminosae , andRanunculaceae families - noun mycology A member of the
form genus Aecidium .
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From New Latin aecidium, the diminutive form of Ancient Greek αἰκία (aikia, "injury").
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