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Flask-shaped ascocarp
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perithecium
Word definitions for perithecium in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 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.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Perithecium \Per`i*the"ci*um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? around + ? box.] (Bot.) An organ in certain fungi and lichens, surrounding and enveloping the masses of fructification. --Henslow.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. flask-shaped ascocarp [also: perithecia (pl)]