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English
Etymology
From New Latin aecidium, the diminutive form of Ancient Greek αἰκίᾱ (aikíā, “injury”).[1]
However Merriam-Webster takes the origin from Ancient Greek οἰκίδιον (oikídion) and refers to the botanist John Hill, in his A General Natural History, or New and Accurate Descriptions of the Animals, Vegetables, and Minerals, of the Different Parts of the World, vol. II, A History of Plants (London: Printed for Thomas Osborne, 1751), p. 64: "We have called this genus, distinguished by its peculiar cells, Æcidium, from the Greek οικιδιον, cellula."[2]
Pronunciation
Noun
aecidium (plural aecidia or aecidiums)
- The cupulate fruiting body borne upon the mycelium of certain fungi commonly parasitic upon specimens of the Compositae, Lamiaceae, Leguminosae, and Ranunculaceae families
- (mycology) A member of the form genus Aecidium.
Translations
the cupulate fruiting body borne upon the mycelium of certain fungi
See also
References
- ^ “æcidium” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary, second edition, 1989
- ^ listed in the online Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 4 June 2018.