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pseudothecium

pseudothecium noun: an ascocarp resembling a perithecium but whose asci are not regularly organised into a hymenium and are bitunicate, having a double wall which expands when it takes up water and shoots the enclosed spores out suddenly to disperse them.

Noun

pseudothecium (plural pseudothecia)

  1. An ascocarp resembling a perithecium but whose asci are not regularly organised into a hymenium and are bitunicate, having a double wall which expands when it takes up water and shoots the enclosed spores out suddenly to disperse them.

Forms of pseudothecium

pluralpseudothecia

Origin of pseudothecium

From pseudo- + thecium.

Questions about pseudothecium

What does pseudothecium mean?
Pseudothecium means an ascocarp resembling a perithecium but whose asci are not regularly organised into a hymenium and are bitunicate, having a double wall which expands when it takes up water and shoots the enclosed spores out suddenly to disperse them.
What part of speech is pseudothecium?
Pseudothecium is a noun.
What is the plural of pseudothecium?
The plural of pseudothecium is pseudothecia.

Words near pseudothecium in the dictionary

  1. pseudothalidomide syndrome
  2. pseudothalli
  3. pseudothalline
  4. pseudothallus
  5. pseudothecia
  6. pseudothecium
  7. pseudothelphusid
  8. pseudothelphusids
  9. pseudotherapeutic
  10. pseudothermal
  11. pseudothrombocytopenia

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