English Explanatory Dictionary

thecium

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The hymenium
  2. The internal hyphal layers of an apothecium

Word forms

thecium thecia

Etymology

From New Latin thēcium, from Ancient Greek θήκιον (thḗkion), diminutive of θήκη (thḗkē, “sheath”).

Related words

theca Thecia

Derived words

amphithecium apothecium cleistothecium epithecium hamathecium hypothecium hysterothecium parathecium perithecium pseudothecium
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