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ae·ci·um  audio  (s-m, sh-) KEY 

NOUN:
pl. ae·ci·a  (-s-, -sh-) KEY 
A cuplike structure of some rust fungi that contains chains of aeciospores.
ETYMOLOGY:
New Latin, from Greek aiki, injury, from aiks, unseemly, injurious : a-, not ; see a-1 + eikenai, to seem, be seemly

OTHER FORMS:
aeci·al  (s-l, -sh-) KEY (Adjective)


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