thecaphore
English
Etymology
From theca + Ancient Greek [Term?] (“to bear”). Compare French thécaphore.
Noun
thecaphore (plural thecaphores)
- (botany) A surface or organ bearing a theca, or covered with thecae.
- (botany) A basigynium.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for thecaphore in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)