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单词 thecate
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
the•cate  (thē′kit, -kāt),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. Anatomy, Botany, Fungi, Zoologyhaving or being contained in a theca.
  • thec(a) + -ate1 1890–95

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
the•ca  (thē′kə),USA pronunciation n., pl. -cae (-sē).USA pronunciation 
  1. a case or receptacle.
  2. Fungi[Bot., Mycol.]
    • Botanya sac, cell, or capsule.
    • Botanya sporangium.
  3. Anatomy, Zoologya case or sheath enclosing an organ, structure, etc., as the horny covering of an insect pupa.
  • Greek thé̄kē case, cover, akin to tithénai to place, put
  • Latin thēca
  • 1655–65
the′cal, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
theca /ˈθiːkə/ n ( pl -cae / -siː/)
  1. an enclosing organ, cell, or spore case, esp the capsule of a moss
  2. a hard outer covering, such as the cup-shaped container of a coral polyp
Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin thēca, from Greek thēkē case; related to Greek tithenai to place

ˈthecal, ˈthecate adj
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