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lirella
[ li-rel-uh, lahy- ]
noun
, Botany, Mycology.
- the elongated, narrow apothecium of certain lichens.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of lirella1
1830–40; < New Latin, diminutive of Latin līra a ridge, furrow
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