What is a kind of apothecium in lichens, which is orbicular, flat, and sessile, and has a special rim not a part of the thallus called?
patella — (Bot.) A kind of apothecium in lichens, which is orbicular, flat, and sessile, and has a special rim not a part of the thallus. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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