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cluster cup

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noun

  1. aecium.

Etymology

Origin of cluster cup

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

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G, vertical section through a young cluster cup.

From Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses by Campbell, Douglas Houghton

D, part of the leaf of a hawthorn attacked by the cluster cup stage of the same fungus, upper side showing spermogonia, natural size.

From Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses by Campbell, Douglas Houghton

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