angiocarpous
Americanadjective
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(of a fruit) partially or wholly enclosed in a shell, involucre, or husk.
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(of a fungus or lichen) having the fruiting body immersed or enclosed in the thallus.
Etymology
Origin of angiocarpous
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Peridium, pē-rid′i-um, n. the outer coat of a sporophore in angiocarpous fungi.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
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