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Apothecial

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Adjective

1. apothecial

of or relating to the apothecium of some lichens and fungi

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Apothecial

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noun plural -cia (-sɪə)
botany
a cup-shaped structure that contains the asci, esp in lichens; a type of ascocarp

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Apothecial

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nounWord forms: plural ˌapoˈthecia (ˌæpoʊˈθiʃiə ; apˌōt hēˈshēə; ˌæpoʊθisiə ; apˌōt hēsēə; ˌæpəθiʃiə ; apˌət hēshēə; ˌæpəˈθisiə ; apˌət hēˈsēə)
Botany
an open cuplike structure containing sacs in which sexual spores are developed, as in lichens and certain fungi

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Apothecial

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n. pl. ap·o·the·ci·a (-sē-ə, -shē-ə)
A disk-shaped or cup-shaped ascocarp of some lichens and ascomycetous fungi.

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