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excipule

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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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