apothecium
the fruit of certain lichens and fungi: usually an open, saucer-shaped or cup-shaped body, the inner surface of which is covered with a layer that bears asci.
Origin of apothecium
1Other words from apothecium
- ap·o·the·cial [ap-uh-thee-shuhl], /ˌæp əˈθi ʃəl/, adjective
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How to use apothecium in a sentence
Tuck., with much stronger, darker thallus and apothecia on the whole larger.
Ohio Biological Survey, Bull. 10, Vol. 11, No. 6 | Bruce Fink and Leafy J. CorringtonThe plant is typical internally, but is young with small, flat or slightly convex, light-colored apothecia.
Ohio Biological Survey, Bull. 10, Vol. 11, No. 6 | Bruce Fink and Leafy J. CorringtonThe position of the apothecia constitutes another distinction.
Ohio Biological Survey, Bull. 10, Vol. 11, No. 6 | Bruce Fink and Leafy J. CorringtonThe apothecia (fig. 7) are stalked and black, but of a lighter colour than the mass of spores forming the nucleus.
An Elementary Text-book of the Microscope | John William GriffithVerruca, ve-rū′ka, n. a wart, a glandular elevation: one of the wart-like sessile apothecia of some lichens.
British Dictionary definitions for apothecium
/ (ˌæpəˈθiːsɪəm) /
botany a cup-shaped structure that contains the asci, esp in lichens; a type of ascocarp
Origin of apothecium
1Derived forms of apothecium
- apothecial (ˌæpəˈθiːsɪəl), adjective
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Scientific definitions for apothecium
[ ăp′ə-thē′sē-əm, -shē- ]
A disk-shaped or cup-shaped ascocarp of some lichens and the fungi Ascomycetes.
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