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lirella

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[li-rel-uh, lahy-] / lɪˈrɛl ə, laɪ- /

noun

Botany, Mycology.

the elongated, narrow apothecium of certain lichens.

Etymology

Origin of lirella

1830–40; < New Latin, diminutive of Latin līra a ridge, furrow

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