[en-doh-thee-shee-uh
m, -see-uhm] 
[-shee-uh, -see-uh] . Botany. | 1. | the lining of the cavity of an anther. |
| 2. | (in mosses) the central mass of cells in the rudimentary capsule, from which the archespore is generally developed. |
| 3. | (in bryophytes) the central mass of cells in the capsule, including the spores and columella. |
| en·do·the·ci·um (ěn'dō-thē'sē-əm, -shē-əm) n. pl. en·do·the·ci·a (-sē-ə, -shē-ə) The inner tissue of an anther or a moss capsule. [New Latin endothēcium : endo- + Greek thēkion, diminutive of thēkē, chest, receptacle; see dhē- in Indo-European roots.] |