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perithecia

Variant of perithecium

noun pl. perithecia

in certain ascomycetous fungi, a flasklike case containing the spore sacs (asci)

Origin: ModL < peri- + Gr thēkē, case, box (see theca) + -ium

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perithecial adjective

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