apothecium
[ ap-uh-thee-shee-uh m, -see- ]
/ ˌæp əˈθi ʃi əm, -si- /
noun, plural ap·o·the·ci·a [ap-uh-thee-shee-uh, -see-uh] /ˌæp əˈθi ʃi ə, -si ə/. Botany, Mycology.
the fruit of certain lichens and fungi: usually an open, saucer-shaped or cup-shaped body, the inner surface of which is covered with a layer that bears asci.
Origin of apothecium
OTHER WORDS FROM apothecium
ap·o·the·cial [ap-uh-thee-shuh l] /ˌæp əˈθi ʃəl/, adjectiveWords nearby apothecium
Example sentences from the Web for apothecia
The colors of the Thallus and apothecia of Lichens—their causes, and the circumstances which modify and alter them.
The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom |P. L. SimmondsTuck., with much stronger, darker thallus and apothecia on the whole larger.
Ohio Biological Survey, Bull. 10, Vol. 11, No. 6 |Bruce Fink and Leafy J. CorringtonThe position of the apothecia constitutes another distinction.
Ohio Biological Survey, Bull. 10, Vol. 11, No. 6 |Bruce Fink and Leafy J. CorringtonApothecia seldom round, usually elongated-ellipsoidal, no capillitium.
British Dictionary definitions for apothecia
apothecium
/ (ˌæpəˈθiːsɪəm) /
noun plural -cia (-sɪə)
botany
a cup-shaped structure that contains the asci, esp in lichens; a type of ascocarp
Derived forms of apothecium
apothecial (ˌæpəˈθiːsɪəl), adjectiveWord Origin for apothecium
C19: from New Latin, from
apo- + Greek
thēkion a little case
Scientific definitions for apothecia
apothecium
[ ăp′ə-thē′sē-əm, -shē- ]
Plural apothecia (ăp′ə-thē′sē-ə, -shē-)
A disk-shaped or cup-shaped ascocarp of some lichens and the fungi Ascomycetes.