"aecium" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈiːs.i.əm/ Forms: aecia [plural], aeciums [plural]
Etymology: From New Latin aecium, from Ancient Greek αἰκίᾱ (aikíā, “injury, insult”). However Merriam-Webster relates that aecium is a back-formation from aecidium and is not related to the Greek αἰκίᾱ (aikíā). The word aecium was "introduced as a substitute for aecidium by the Purdue University plant pathologist J. C. Arthur (1850–1942) in an effort to reform terminology for rust fungi; see Terminology of the Spore-Structures in the Uredinales, Botanical Gazette, vol. 39 (Mar., 1905), pp. 219-22." Etymology templates: {{bor|en|NL.|aecium}} New Latin aecium, {{der|en|grc|αἰκίᾱ||injury, insult}} Ancient Greek αἰκίᾱ (aikíā, “injury, insult”) Head templates: {{en-noun|aecia|s}} aecium (plural aecia or aeciums)
  1. (mycology) A cuplike fruiting structure of some parasitic rust fungi that contains chains of aeciospores. Wikipedia link: aecium Categories (topical): Mycology Synonyms: æcium Related terms: aecial, aecidium, pycnium
    Sense id: en-aecium-en-noun-PVZGW3-- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: biology, mycology, natural-sciences

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