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perithecium
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun perithecium has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
perithecium, n. [NL., fr. Gr. around + box.].
An organ in certain fungi and lichens, surrounding and enveloping the masses of fructification. Henslow. [1913 Webster]
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