lirellan.
/lɪˈrɛlə/ Botany.
The narrow ‘shield’ or apothecium, with a furrow along the middle, found in some lichens.
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1839 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. (ed. 3) 271 Lirella is a linear shield, such as is found in Opegrapha, with a channel along its middle.
1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. i. v. 383 The more usual forms [of apothecia] are round and linear; in the latter case they are commonly termed lirellæ.
Derivatives
liˈrellate adj.
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1889 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Lirellate.
liˈrelline adj.
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1900 B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms Lirelline.
liˈrelliform adj. (also lirellæform) erroneous
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1871 W. A. Leighton Lichen-flora 162 Apothecia..lirelliform.
1871 W. A. Leighton Lichen-flora 388 Apothecia lirellæform.
liˈrellous adj. shaped like a lirella.
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1855 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Lirelliformis, ..lirelliform. Lirellosus,..lirellous.
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