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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 some parasitic fungi (rusts) that contains chains of aeciospores.

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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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