The Collaborative International Dictionary
Exciple
Exciple \Ex"ci*ple\, ||Excipulum \Ex*cip"u*lum\, n. [NL. excipulum, fr. L. excipere. See Except.] (Bot.) The outer part of the fructification of most lichens.
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exciple
n. (context lichenology English) The outer part of the fructification of most lichens.