GYMNOCARPOUS


Meaning of GYMNOCARPOUS in English

/jim'neuh kahr"peuhs/ , adj.

(of a fungus or lichen) having the apothecium open and attached to the surface of the thallus.

Also, gymnocarpic /jim'neuh kahr"pik/ . Cf. angiocarpous (def. 2).

[ GYMNO- + -CARPOUS ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .