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the·ca

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–noun, plural -cae

1.	a case or receptacle.

Botany, Mycology.

a.	a sac, cell, or capsule.

b.	a sporangium.

3.	Anatomy, Zoology. a case or sheath enclosing an organ, structure, etc., as the horny covering of an insect pupa.

[Origin: 1655–65; < L théca < Gk thké case, cover, akin to tithénai to place, put

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—Related forms

thecal, adjective

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n. pl. the·cae (-sē', -kē')
A case, covering, or sheath, such as the pollen sac of an anther, the spore case of a moss, or the outer covering of the pupa of certain insects.

[Latin thēca, case, receptacle, from Greek thēkē; see dhē- in Indo-European roots.]

the'cal (-kəl) adj.

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theca Audio Help (thē'kə) Pronunciation Key
Plural thecae (thē'sē', -kē')
A case, covering, or sheath, such as the pollen sac of an anther, the spore case of a moss, or the outer covering of the pupa of certain insects.

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