English Explanatory Dictionary

perithecium

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

perithecium perithecia

Etymology

From peri- + thecium.

Derived words

protoperithecium pseudoperithecium
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