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excipule

excipule is the alternative form of exciple.

Meaning of exciple

Noun

exciple (plural exciples)

  1. The outer part of an apothecium of those ascomycete fungi which have that sort of fructification. Most lichens come into that category.

Forms of excipule

pluralexcipules

Questions about excipule

What is excipule the alternative form of?
Excipule is the alternative form of exciple.

Words near excipule in the dictionary

  1. exciples
  2. exciplex
  3. exciplexes
  4. excipula
  5. excipular
  6. excipule
  7. excipules
  8. excipuliform
  9. excipulum
  10. excircle
  11. excircles

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Adapted from Wiktionary: excipule (page history and authors); exciple (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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