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| ae·ci·um [ shee əm, ssee əm ] (plural ae·ci·a [ shee ə, ssee ə ]) |
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reproductive organ of fungus: a cup-shaped reproductive organ fruiting body produced by some rust fungi in the tissue of their host plant, in which spores aeciospores are formed
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| [Early 20th century. Via modern Latin< Greek aikia "injury"; from the harm caused by the fungi] |
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