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CLEISTOTHECIUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cleistothecium mean?
• CLEISTOTHECIUM (noun)
The noun CLEISTOTHECIUM has 1 sense:
1. closed spore-bearing structure of some fungi (especially Aspergillaceae and Erysiphaceae) from which spores are released only by decay or disintegration
Familiarity information: CLEISTOTHECIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Closed spore-bearing structure of some fungi (especially Aspergillaceae and Erysiphaceae) from which spores are released only by decay or disintegration
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
cleistocarp; cleistothecium
Hypernyms ("cleistothecium" is a kind of...):
ascocarp (mature fruiting body of an ascomycetous fungus)
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