English Explanatory Dictionary

exciple

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The outer part of an apothecium of those ascomycete fungi which have that sort of fructification. Most lichens come into that category.

Word forms

exciple exciples

Etymology

From Latin excipere.

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