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Definition of Perithecium
1. Noun. Flask-shaped ascocarp.
Definition of Perithecium
1. n. An organ in certain fungi and lichens, surrounding and enveloping the masses of fructification.
Definition of Perithecium
1. Noun. An ascocarp shaped like a skittle or ball, distinguished by a small pore, the ostiole, through which the spores are released one by one when ripe. ¹
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Definition of Perithecium
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Medical Definition of Perithecium
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Perithecium
Literary usage of Perithecium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1902)
"Two functional beaks are developed. 2. Abnormal perithecium of Pleurage ...
Beak of perithecium of Sordaria fimicola. A column of spores of the same ..."
2. Scottish Cryptogamic Flora, Or, Coloured Figures and Descriptions of by Robert Kaye Greville (1826)
"Fig. 4. The same with the base exhibited. Fig. 5. A perithecium divided. Fig. 6.
Another portion of a perithecium. Figs. 7. & 8. ..."
3. A Manual of British Lichens: Containing Descriptions of All the Species and by William Mudd (1861)
"... black ; perithecium entire, the apex very minutely depressed and eventually
perforated by a simple pore; nucleus pale yellowish-brown, mucilaginous; ..."
4. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences by American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1902)
"of about fifteen or more cells, the series distally concave, rising abruptly
upward ou either side above the base of the perithecium and bearing the usual ..."
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