Gonimia

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gonimia \Go*nim"i*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? productive, fr. ?
     that which generates.] (Bot.)
     Bluish green granules which occur in certain lichens, as
     {Collema}, {Peltigera}, etc., and which replace the more
     usual gonidia.
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