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epicorium

epicorium noun: the pattern of cell wall thickening which forms the ornamentation on spores of certain types of mushroom (especially of family Entolomataceae).

Noun

epicorium (plural epicoria)

  1. The pattern of cell wall thickening which forms the ornamentation on spores of certain types of mushroom (especially of family Entolomataceae).

Forms of epicorium

pluralepicoria

Origin of epicorium

From Latin cŏrĭum ("skin") with the Ancient Greek prefix ἐπί- ("on top of").

Questions about epicorium

What does epicorium mean?
Epicorium means the pattern of cell wall thickening which forms the ornamentation on spores of certain types of mushroom (especially of family Entolomataceae).
What part of speech is epicorium?
Epicorium is a noun.
What is the plural of epicorium?
The plural of epicorium is epicoria.

Words near epicorium in the dictionary

  1. epicoracoids
  2. epicorazin
  3. epicorazine
  4. epicorazines
  5. epicorazins
  6. epicorium
  7. epicormal
  8. epicormic
  9. epicormically
  10. epicorolline
  11. epicortex

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