The Collaborative International Dictionary
                    Stichida
                    
                        
                
                                                                    Stichidium \Sti*chid"i*um\, n.; pl. Stichida. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, dim. of ? a row.] (Bot.) A special podlike or fusiform branch containing tetraspores. It is found in certain red alg[ae].