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Webster 1913 Edition


AEcidium

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Æ-cid′i-um

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Noun.
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pl.
Æcidia
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[NL., dim. of Gr. [GREEK] injury.]
(Bot.)
A form of fruit in the cycle of development of the Rusts or Brands, an order of fungi, formerly considered independent plants.