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Definition of Cleistothecium
1. Noun. Closed spore-bearing structure of some fungi (especially Aspergillaceae and Erysiphaceae) from which spores are released only by decay or disintegration.
Definition of Cleistothecium
1. Noun. (biology) A closed ascocarp, in some fungi, from which spores are released following deacy or disintegration ¹
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Medical Definition of Cleistothecium
1. In fungi, an ascocarp that is closed, with randomly dispersed asci. Origin: G. Kleistos, enclosed, + theke, box (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cleistothecium
Literary usage of Cleistothecium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Botany, with Agricultural Applications by John Nathan Martin (1920)
"The walls of the asci finally dissolve, thus setting the asco- spores free within
the cleistothecium. Through the decay of the wall of the ..."
2. Botany for Agricultural Students by John Nathan Martin (1919)
"The walls of the asci finally dissolve, thus setting the asco- spores free within
the cleistothecium. Through the decay of the wall of the ..."
3. A Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities by John Merle Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Henry Chandler Cowles (1910)
"The ascocarp completely incloses the asci, and this closed type is often designated
a cleistothecium, to distinguish it from the open ascocarps (apothe- ..."
4. A Student's Text-book of Botany by Sydney Howard Vines (1896)
"B An Mcus from the ... .,,,, „,,, ,, :., . m mycelium;/ cleistothecium jh in-
narrow aperture is developed op- cleistothecium, containing eight asco- posite ..."
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