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excipulum

American  
[ek-sip-yuh-luhm] / ɛkˈsɪp yə ləm /

noun

Mycology.

plural

excipula

  1. exciple.

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 Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)

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