isidium

isidium
/uy sid"ee euhm/, n., pl. isidia /uy sid"ee euh/. Bot.
a coralloid outgrowth from the thallus in certain lichens.
[1865-70; < NL, deriv. of Isid- (s. of Isis) ISIS (from the hornlike appearance of the growth); see -IUM]

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  • Isidĭum — (I. Achar.), Pflanzengattung aus der Familie der Lichenes Gasterothalami Sphaerophoreae; Arten: I. corallinum, I. coccodes, auf Steinen u. an Bäumen u.a. m …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • isidium — isid·i·um …   English syllables

  • isidium — …   Useful english dictionary

  • isidioid — īˈsidēˌȯid adjective Etymology: isidium + oid : of, relating to, or resembling an isidium * * * /uy sid ee oyd /, adj. of, pertaining to, or resembling an isidium. [1920 25; ISIDI(UM) + OID] …   Useful english dictionary

  • Korallenflechten — Korallenflechten, die Pflanzengattung Isidium …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • isidioid — /uy sid ee oyd /, adj. of, pertaining to, or resembling an isidium. [1920 25; ISIDI(UM) + OID] * * * …   Universalium

  • isidiose — ēˌōs adjective Etymology: isidium + ose : of or relating to isidia …   Useful english dictionary

  • i|sid|i|um — «y SIHD ee uhm», noun, plural i|a « ee uh». Botany. a coral like outgrowth of the thallus in certain lichens, having the function of a soredium. ╂[< New Latin isidium] …   Useful english dictionary

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