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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A cuplike structure of some rust fungi that contains chains of aeciospores.

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  1. n. mycology A cuplike fruiting structure of some parasitic fungi (rusts) that contains chains of aeciospores.

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  1. n. fruiting body of some rust fungi bearing chains of aeciospores

Etymologies

  1. From New Latin, from Ancient Greek αἰκία (aikia, "injury, insult") (Wiktionary)
  2. New Latin, from Greek aikiā, injury, from aikēs, unseemly, injurious : a-, not; see a-1 + eikenai, to seem, be seemly. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  1. fruiting body

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  1. aeciospore
  1. aecial

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