- thécaphore
- (té-ka-fo-r') s. m.Terme de botanique. Réceptacle portant des thèques.Du grec, loge, et, qui porte.
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thécaphore
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Thecaphore — The ca*phore, n. [Theca + Gr. fe rein to bear: cf. F. th[ e]caphore.] (Bot.) (a) A surface or organ bearing a theca, or covered with thec[ae]. (b) See {Basigynium}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
thecaphore — etc., erron. forms: see theco … Useful english dictionary
Basigynium — Ba si*gyn i*um, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ba sis base + gynh woman.] (Bot.) The pedicel on which the ovary of certain flowers, as the passion flower, is seated; a carpophore or thecaphore. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
