Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In botany, the narrow furrowed apothecium of some lichens, as in the genus
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A linear apothecium furrowed along the middle; the fruit of certain lichens.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun botany A
linear apothecium furrowed along the middle; thefruit of certainlichens .
Etymologies
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Diminutive of Latin lira a furrow.
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