amphithecium
noun
am·phi·the·ci·um
plural amphithecia
-ēə
1
: the external layer of cells surrounding the sporogenous tissue in the sporangium of a moss
2
: the inner layer of the perithecium next to the hymenium in certain lichens
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from amphi- + -thecium
First Known Use
1872, in the meaning defined at sense 1
- farm out
- farm share
- farm system
- farm team
- Farman
- farmed
- farmed out
- farmer
- farmer cheese
- farmer in the dell
- farmer's lung
- farmer's market
- Farmer's reducer
- farmer's satin
- farmer-general
- Farmer-Laborite
- farmeress
- farmeresses
- farmerette
- farmerettes
- farmeries
- farmerly
- farmers
- Farmers Branch
- farmers market