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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun the closed spore-bearing structure of some fungi (especially
Aspergillaceae andEurysiphaceae ) from which spores are released only by decay or disintegration; -- called alsocleistothecium .
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- noun closed spore-bearing structure of some fungi (especially Aspergillaceae and Erysiphaceae) from which spores are released only by decay or disintegration
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