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apothece

apothece is the obsolete form of apothecium.

Meaning of apothecium

Noun

apothecium (plural apothecia)

  1. A type of fructification of some ascomycete fungi, forming cyst structures of various shapes. Often the fungal components of lichens have this sort of fertile structure.
    • Apothecia lecanoroid; multilocular; each cell containing a single theke; paraphyses deficient.1882, Edward Tuckerman, Henry Willey, A Synopsis of the North American Lichens (part 1)

Forms of apothece

pluralapotheces

Questions about apothece

What is apothece the obsolete form of?
Apothece is the obsolete form of apothecium.

Words near apothece in the dictionary

  1. apothecary's
  2. apothecary's Latin
  3. apothecary's shop
  4. apothecaryship
  5. apothecaryships
  6. apothece
  7. apotheces
  8. apothecia
  9. apothecial
  10. apotheciate
  11. apothecioid

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