The Collaborative International Dictionary
apothecial
apothecial \apothecial\ adj. 1. of or pertaining to the apothecium. [WordNet 1.5] ||
Wiktionary
apothecial
a. Relating to the apothecium.
WordNet
apothecial
adj. of or relating to the apothecium of some lichens and fungi
Usage examples of "apothecial".
The superficial apothecial characters are so much alike in many of the species that one cannot always feel certain even of the genus of unfamiliar forms until he has studied them microscopically.