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amphithecium

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am⋅phi⋅the⋅ci⋅um

  [am-fuh-thee-shee-uhm]
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–noun, plural -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:
< NL < Gk amphi- amphi- + thēkíon (thk(ē) case, cover + -ion dim. suffix)

Related forms:
am⋅phi⋅the⋅cial  [am-fuh-thee-shuhl, -shee-uhl, -see-uhl] , adjective
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am·phi·the·ci·um   (ām'fə-thē'shē-əm, -sē-əm)   
n.   pl. am·phi·the·ci·a (-shē-ə, -sē-ə)
The outer layer of cells of the spore-containing capsule of a moss.

[New Latin : amphi- + Greek thēkion, diminutive of thēkē, receptacle; see dhē- in Indo-European roots.]
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