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PERITHECIUM (perithecia)
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Irregular inflected form: perithecia
Dictionary entry overview: What does perithecium mean?
• PERITHECIUM (noun)
The noun PERITHECIUM has 1 sense:
1. flask-shaped ascocarp
Familiarity information: PERITHECIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Flask-shaped ascocarp
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("perithecium" is a kind of...):
ascocarp (mature fruiting body of an ascomycetous fungus)
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