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ex⋅ci⋅ple

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