Aecidium

Pronunciation

• RP IPA: /iːˈsɪdɪəm/

Alternative forms

• æcidium

Origin

From New Latin aecidium, the diminutive form of Ancient Greek αἰκία (aikia, "injury").

“‖æcidium” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary, second edition, 1989

Full definition of aecidium

Noun

1. (botany) The cupulate fruiting body borne upon the mycelium of certain fungi commonly parasitic upon specimina of the Compositae, Lamiaceae, Leguminosae, and Ranunculaceae families
2. (mycology) A member of the form genus Aecidium.

Related terms

• aecial
• aecidial
• aecidiospore
• aecium
• aeciospore