pseudothecium
An ascocarp resembling a perithecium but whose asci are not regularly organised into a…An ascocarp resembling a perithecium but whose asci are not regularly organised into a hymenium and are bitunicate, having a double wall which expands when it takes up water and shoots the enclosed spores out suddenly to disperse them.
Meaning
1 sensesAn ascocarp resembling a perithecium but whose asci are not regularly organised into a hymenium and are bitunicate, having a double wall which expands when it takes up water and shoots the enclosed spores out suddenly to disperse them.
Origin
From pseudo- + thecium.From pseudo- + thecium.
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Forms
plural: pseudothecia| Singular | pseudothecium |
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irregular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
See also
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