Perithecium

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A small flask-shaped fruiting body in ascomycetous fungi that contains the ascospores.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An ascocarp shaped like a skittle or ball, distinguished by a small pore, the ostiole, through which the spores are released one by one when ripe.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An organ in certain fungi and lichens, surrounding and enveloping the masses of fructification.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In botany, a cup-shaped envelop (or ascocarp) with the margin incurved so as to form a narrow-mouthed cavity, inclosing the fructification of certain fungi, lichens, etc.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. flask-shaped ascocarp
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    ascocarp   
    Variant
    perithecia   
     
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