sorediate

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English

Etymology

From soredium +‎ -ate.

Adjective

sorediate (not comparable)

  1. (botany) Pertaining to or characterized by the presence of many soredia.
    Synonym: sorediferous
    a sorediate lichen
    • 2001, Irwin M. Brodo, Stephen Sharnoff, Sylvia Duran Sharnoff, Lichens of North America, page 527:
      [] smooth and shiny with large soralia (actually, fruiting warts that have become sorediate and are rarely fertile) []