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gymnocarpous
Also gym·no·car·pic
[jim-nuh-kahr-puhs]
adjective
(of a fungus or lichen) having the apothecium open and attached to the surface of the thallus.
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Origin of gymnocarpous1
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Urcēōlā′ria, a genus of gymnocarpous lichens with urceolate apothecia.—adjs.
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Gymnos, Greek for naked, as Gymnocarpous, naked-fruited.
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