carbonous
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of carbonous
Example Sentences
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The stem is slender and carbonous and bears the carbonous fruit bodies, superficial, but sessile and globose.
From Synopsis of Some Genera of the Large Pyrenomycetes Camilla, Thamnomyces, Engleromyces by Lloyd, C. G.
The walls of the perithecia are carbonous, and confluent with the crust.
From Synopsis of Some Genera of the Large Pyrenomycetes Camilla, Thamnomyces, Engleromyces by Lloyd, C. G.
They have a solid carbonous interior with the perithecia imbedded near the surface.
From Synopsis of Some Genera of the Large Pyrenomycetes Camilla, Thamnomyces, Engleromyces by Lloyd, C. G.
Perithecia carbonous, forming several stratose layers, imbedded in the stroma in the depressions.
From Synopsis of Some Genera of the Large Pyrenomycetes Camilla, Thamnomyces, Engleromyces by Lloyd, C. G.
Structure of these bodies shown by Moeller is entirely carbonous, hollow, each forming a single, carbonous perithecium.
From Synopsis of Some Genera of the Large Pyrenomycetes Camilla, Thamnomyces, Engleromyces by Lloyd, C. G.
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