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cleistocarp

American  
[klahy-stuh-kahrp] / ˈklaɪ stəˌkɑrp /
Or clistocarp

noun

Mycology.

  1. cleistothecium.

Etymology

Origin of cleistocarp

First recorded in 1880–85; cleisto- + -carp

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