| 释义 |
‖ excipulum Bot.|ɛkˈsɪpjʊləm|
[L. excipulum a receptacle, found only in pl., f. excipĕre: see excipient.]
A layer of cells lying beneath and partially enclosing, as a cup, the apothecium (q.v.) in lichens.
1857Berkeley Cryptog. Bot. §292. 284 The form of the aperture depends upon the form of the apothecium, or excipulum, the margins of which are rounded. 1874Cooke Fungi 37 There is no proper excipulum or peridium. 1882Vines Sachs' Bot. 324 The part of the thallus which surrounds the excipulum rises and grows with it forming a bowl-like rim. |