Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.