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Meaning of APOTHECIUM

Pronunciation:  `apu'theesheeum

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a cuplike ascocarp in many lichens and ascomycetous fungi
 
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 See Also: ascocarp, elf cup

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Apo`*the"ci*um\, n.; pl. {Apothecia}. [NL.] (Bot.)
The ascigerous fructification of lichens, forming masses of
various shapes.
 
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