pseudothecium

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noun

An ascocarp resembling a perithecium but whose asci are not regularly organised into a hymenium and are bitunicate, having a double wall which expands when it takes up water and shoots the enclosed spores out suddenly to disperse them.

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Meanings

nounpseudothecium (plural pseudothecia)

plural pseudothecia

  1. An ascocarp resembling a perithecium but whose asci are not regularly organised into a hymenium and are bitunicate, having a double wall which expands when it takes up water and shoots the enclosed spores out suddenly to disperse them.

Origin

From pseudo- + thecium.

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APA

pseudothecium. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudothecium

MLA

“pseudothecium.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudothecium. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pseudothecium,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudothecium.

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