Ozonium

noun

Ozo·​ni·​um

ōˈzōnēəm

: a form genus of fungi of the group Mycelia Sterilia

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek ozos branch + -onium (as in cydonium); akin to Old English ōst knot, lump, Old High German ast branch, Gothic asts, Armenian ost branch; probably all derivative from the root of English sit; from the branching stems

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