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 Definitions of apothecium  [ʃi ə, -si ə]  

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Definition of 'apothecium' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) apothecium
the open, cup-shaped, spore-bearing fruit of certain lichens and fungi.

Etymology:  (1820–30; < NL < Gk apo-apo - +thēkíon, dim. of thēkē case (see theca ))

Definition of 'apothecium' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) apothecium
a cuplike ascocarp in many lichens and ascomycetous fungi
Definition of 'apothecium' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) apothecium
the ascigerous fructification of lichens, forming masses of various shapes

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