perithecium

About 0.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun An ascocarp shaped like a skittle or ball, distinguished by a small pore, the ostiole, through which the spores are released one by one when ripe.

Similar words

pseudothecium cleistothecium peridiole ascocarp spore fruit paraphysis peridermium peridium pseudoaethalium sporocarp

Often followed by

is and of in with formation has are development

Word family

perithecia perithecial