cleis·to·the·ci·um (kl  st -th  s-m)n. pl. cleis·to·the·ci·a (-s -) Botany A closed spherical ascocarp. [New Latin : Greek kleistos, closed (from kleiein, to close) + Greek th kion, small case, diminutive of thk, receptacle; see dh- in Indo-European roots.] |
| cleistothecium (klst-ths-m) Plural cleistothecia A closed spherical ascocarp, such as the truffle. |
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| Noun | 1. | cleistothecium - closed spore-bearing structure of some fungi (especially Aspergillaceae and Erysiphaceae) from which spores are released only by decay or disintegration ascocarp - mature fruiting body of an ascomycetous fungus |
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