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APOTHECIAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does apothecial mean?
• APOTHECIAL (adjective)
The adjective APOTHECIAL has 1 sense:
1. of or relating to the apothecium of some lichens and fungi
Familiarity information: APOTHECIAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to the apothecium of some lichens and fungi
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Domain category:
botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)
Pertainym:
apothecium (a cuplike ascocarp in many lichens and ascomycetous fungi)
Derivation:
apothecium (a cuplike ascocarp in many lichens and ascomycetous fungi)
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