amphithecium

 [am-fuh-thee-shee-uhm]  

am·phi·the·ci·um

   [am-fuh-thee-shee-uhm]
noun, plural am·phi·the·ci·a  [-shee-uh] .
1.
Botany. the layer or one of the layers of cells in the capsule of a moss surrounding the spores.
2.
Mycology. (in certain lichens) a layer of cells that surrounds the fungal apothecium.
Origin:
< Neo-Latin < Greek amphi- amphi- + thēkíon (thḗk(ē) case, cover + -ion diminutive suffix)

Related forms
am·phi·the·cial  [am-fuh-thee-shuhl, -shee-uhl, -see-uhl] , adjective
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Amphithecium is always a great word to know.
So is sporophyte. Does it mean:
group of mostly aquatic eukaryotic organisms which conduct photosynthesis and make their own food
form of a diploid plant in the alternation of generations that produces asexual spores
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amphithecium (ˌæmfɪˈθiːsɪəm)
 
—n , pl -cia
the outer layer of cells of the sporophyte of mosses and liverworts that develops into the outer parts of the spore-bearing capsule
 
[C19: from New Latin, from amphi- + Greek thēkion a little case, from thēkē case]

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