excipulum
Americannoun
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excipula
plural
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Etymology
Origin of excipulum
1855–60; < New Latin, special use of Medieval Latin excipulum device for catching fish. See excipient, -ule
Example Sentences
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There is no proper excipulum or peridium, and the spores spring direct from a more compacted portion of the mycelium, or from a cushion-like stroma of small cells.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke
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