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aeciums

aeciums is the plural of aecium.

Meaning of aecium

Noun

aecium (plural aecia or aeciums)

  1. A cuplike fruiting structure of some parasitic rust fungi that contains chains of aeciospores.
    • The writer therefore made observations to determine the conditions under which the aecia open and discharge spores most readily.1932 August, Ralph Ulysses Cotter, Factors Affecting the Development of the Aecial Stage of Puccinia Graminis, US Dept of Agriculture, Technical Bulletin No. 314, page 29

Questions about aeciums

What is aeciums the plural of?
Aeciums is the plural of aecium.

Words near aeciums in the dictionary

  1. aecidium
  2. aecidiums
  3. aeciospore
  4. aeciospores
  5. aecium
  6. aeciums
  7. AECOPD
  8. AECs
  9. AED
  10. aedeagal
  11. aedeagi

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