Associations to the word «Apothecium»

Wiktionary

APOTHECIUM, noun. (lichenology) The ascigerous fructification of lichens, forming masses of various shapes.

Dictionary definition

APOTHECIUM, noun. A cuplike ascocarp in many lichens and ascomycetous fungi.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope