noun
pl. ma·zae·di·a,A fruiting body of some lichens in which the spores lie freely in a powdery mass that is enclosed in a peridium.
Origin of mazaedium
New LatinGreek maza lump ; see mag- in Indo-European roots.Latin aedēs housemazaedium
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