Cleistothecium

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Botany A closed spherical ascocarp.
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  • n. A closed ascocarp, in some fungi, from which spores are released following deacy or disintegration
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. the closed spore-bearing structure of some fungi (especially Aspergillaceae and Eurysiphaceae) from which spores are released only by decay or disintegration; -- called also cleistocarp.
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  • n. closed spore-bearing structure of some fungi (especially Aspergillaceae and Erysiphaceae) from which spores are released only by decay or disintegration
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    ascocarp   
    Variant
    cleistocarp   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    cleistocarp   
     
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