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sporodochium

noun
spo·ro·do·chi·um | \ˌspōrəˈdōkēəm\
plural sporodochia\-ēə \

Definition of sporodochium 

: an erumpent crowded cluster of conidiophores arising from a stroma in the form of a cushion (as in the Tuberculariaceae)

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History and Etymology for sporodochium

New Latin, from spor- + Greek docheion holder, receptacle, from dechesthai, dekesthai to receive, accept; akin to Greek dokein to seem good

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