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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A cuplike structure of some rust fungi that contains chains of aeciospores.
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- noun mycology A cuplike
fruiting structure of someparasitic fungi (rusts ) that contains chains ofaeciospores .
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- noun fruiting body of some rust fungi bearing chains of aeciospores
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[New Latin, from Greek aikiā, injury, from aikēs, unseemly, injurious : a-, not; see a– + eikenai, to seem, be seemly.]
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From New Latin, from Ancient Greek αἰκία (aikia, "injury, insult")
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