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APOTHECIAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to the apothecium of some lichens and fungi
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Domain category:
botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)
Pertainym:
apothecium (a cuplike ascocarp in many lichens and ascomycetous fungi)
Derivation:
apothecium (a cuplike ascocarp in many lichens and ascomycetous fungi)