lirella
[li-rel-uh, lahy-]
noun Botany, Mycology.
the elongated, narrow apothecium of certain lichens.
Nearby words
- liquorice allsorts,
- liquorish,
- lir,
- lira,
- lira da braccio,
- lirellate,
- liriodendron,
- liriope,
- liripipe,
- lis pendens
Origin of lirella
1830–40; < New Latin, diminutive of Latin līra a ridge, furrow
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