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epithecia

epithecia is the plural of epithecium.

Meaning of epithecium

Noun

epithecium (plural epithecia)

  1. An external layer over the fertile surface of some fungi, formed from extensions of the paraphyses.

Questions about epithecia

What is epithecia the plural of?
Epithecia is the plural of epithecium.

Words near epithecia in the dictionary

  1. epithalamy
  2. epithalline
  3. epitheca
  4. epithecae
  5. epithecal
  6. epithecia
  7. epithecial
  8. epithecium
  9. epithelia
  10. epithelial
  11. epithelial bodies

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