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pyc•ni•um
(pik′nē əm),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ni•a (-nē ə).USA pronunciation [Mycol.]
pyc′ni•al, adj.
- Fungia flask-shaped or conical sporangium of a rust fungus, which develops below the epidermis of the host and bears pycniospores.
- Neo-Latin; see pycn-, -ium
- 1900–05
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