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angiocarpous
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[ an-jee-oh-kahr-puhs ]
adjective
- (of a fruit) partially or wholly enclosed in a shell, involucre, or husk.
- (of a fungus or lichen) having the fruiting body immersed or enclosed in the thallus.
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of angiocarpous1
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Peridium, pē-rid′i-um, n. the outer coat of a sporophore in angiocarpous fungi.—adj.
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Angiocarpous, an-ji-ō-kar′pus, adj. having the fruit in an envelope distinct from the calyx.
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