abstrict
Americanverb (used without object)
Etymology
Origin of abstrict
1890–95; ab- + Latin strictus bound, drawn tight; see strict
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The outer parts of the mass then differentiate as a wall or investment, and the interior becomes a hollow, into which hyphal ends grow and abstrict the spores.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
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