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cleistocarp

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cleis⋅to⋅carp

  [klahy-stuh-kahrp]
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–noun Mycology.
cleistothecium.
Also, clistocarp.

Origin:
1880–85; cleisto- + -carp
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cleistocarp

noun
closed spore-bearing structure of some fungi (especially Aspergillaceae and Erysiphaceae) from which spores are released only by decay or disintegration [syn: cleistothecium] 
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