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noun
An apothecium in certain lichens, having a spherical surface marked with spiral or concentric ridges and furrows.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, rare
Topics: biology, botany, lichenology, natural-sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
History
Borrowed from New Latin trica, coined by Erik Acharius in his 1803 work Methodus qua omnes detectos Lichenes. Perhaps connected to Latin trīcae, although the semantic relationship is unclear.
