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perithecium


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Perithecium  \Per`i*the"ci*um\,  n.  [NL.,  fr  Gr  ?  around  +  ? 
  box.]  (Bot.) 
  An  organ  in  certain  fungi  and  lichens,  surrounding  and 
  enveloping  the  masses  of  fructification.  --Henslow. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  perithecium 
  n  :  flask-shaped  ascocarp 




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