English Explanatory Dictionary

tholus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A small domical mountain or hill.
  2. A round building, dome, or cupola.
  3. Part of the apical structure of the asci of some lichen species.

Word forms

tholus tholi

Etymology

From Latin tholus (“dome, rotunda”). Doublet of tholos.

Synonyms

thole
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