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apothecial

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ap⋅o⋅the⋅ci⋅um

  [ap-uh-thee-shee-uhm, -see-]
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–noun, plural -ci⋅a  [-shee-uh, -see-uh] . Botany, Mycology.
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:
1820–30; < NL < Gk apo- apo- + thēkíon, equiv. to thk(ē) case (see theca ) + -ion dim. suffix

Related forms:
ap⋅o⋅the⋅cial  [ap-uh-thee-shuhl] , adjective
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ap·o·the·ci·um   (āp'ə-thē'sē-əm, -shē-)   
n.   pl. ap·o·the·ci·a (-sē-ə, -shē-ə)
A disk-shaped or cup-shaped ascocarp of some lichens and the fungi Ascomycetes.

[From Latin apothēca, storehouse; see apothecary.]
ap'o·the'cial (-shəl) adj.
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