APOTHECIUM

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected form: apothecia

Meaning:

A cuplike ascocarp in many lichens and ascomycetous fungi

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("apothecium" is a kind of...):

ascocarp (mature fruiting body of an ascomycetous fungus)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "apothecium"):

elf cup (apothecium of a fungus of the family Pezizaceae)

Derivation:

apothecial (of or relating to the apothecium of some lichens and fungi)