| 释义 |
isid·i·um
\īˈsidēəm\ noun
(plural isid·ia \-ēə\)
Etymology: New Latin, from Isidium, supposed genus of lichens, irregular from Isis genus of gorgonians + Greek eidos form; from the resemblance of lichens that have isidia to gorgonians — more at idol
: an outgrowth from the surface of the thallus in certain lichens that resembles a soredium |