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ex·ci·ple       [ek-suh-puhl] Pronunciation Key
–noun Mycology.
(in certain lichens) the rim or outer covering of the apothecium.
Also, ex·ci·pule       [ek-suh-pyool] Pronunciation Key, excipulum.

[Origin: 1865–70; see excipulum]
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Exciple

Ex"ci*ple\, Excipulum \Ex*cip"u*lum\, n. [NL. excipulum, fr. L. excipere. See Except.] (Bot.) The outer part of the fructification of most lichens.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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