telium

telium
telial, adj.
/tee"lee euhm, tel"ee-/, n., pl. telia /tee"lee euh, tel"ee euh/. Mycol.
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
[1905-10; < NL < Gk téleion, neut. of téleios finished]

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