What is a hollow body shaped like an urn, in which the spores of mosses are contained; a spore case; a theca called?
urn — (Bot.) A hollow body shaped like an urn, in which the spores of mosses are contained; a spore case; a theca. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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