"pseudothecium" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pseudothecia [plural]
Etymology: pseudo- + thecium Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pseudo|thecium}} pseudo- + thecium Head templates: {{en-noun|pseudothecia}} 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.
    Sense id: en-pseudothecium-en-noun-4bh0BZ~0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with pseudo-

Inflected forms

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