Meanings
nounthecium (plural thecia)
plural thecia
- datedbiologyThe hymenium
The hymenium, or thecium, is generated endogenously within the hyphal layer.
1952, Frederick Lyle Wynd, The Fungi, translation of original by Ernst Albert Gäumann, page 218 - datedbiologyThe internal hyphal layers of an apothecium
Origin
- Ancient Greekθήκιον
- New Latinthēcium
- Englishthecium
From New Latin thēcium, from Ancient Greek θήκιον (thḗkion), diminutive of θήκη (thḗkē, “sheath”).
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thecium. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thecium
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