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gymnocarpic

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gym⋅no⋅car⋅pous

[jim-nuh-kahr-puhs]
–adjective
(of a fungus or lichen) having the apothecium open and attached to the surface of the thallus.
Also, gym⋅no⋅car⋅pic [jim-nuh-kahr-pik] .
Compare angiocarpous (def. 2).


Origin:
gymno- + -carpous
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