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apothecia

apothecia is the plural 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)

Questions about apothecia

What is apothecia the plural of?
Apothecia is the plural of apothecium.

Words near apothecia in the dictionary

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

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