'cleistocarp' definitions:

Definition of 'cleistocarp'

From: WordNet
noun
Closed spore-bearing structure of some fungi (especially Aspergillaceae and Erysiphaceae) from which spores are released only by decay or disintegration [syn: cleistothecium, cleistocarp]

Definition of 'cleistocarp'

From: GCIDE
  • cleistothecium \cleistothecium\ n. the closed spore-bearing structure of some fungi (especially Aspergillaceae and Eurysiphaceae) from which spores are released only by decay or disintegration; -- called also cleistocarp.
  • Syn: cleistocarp. [WordNet 1.5]

Definition of 'cleistocarp'

From: GCIDE
  • cleistocarp \cleistocarp\ n. the closed spore-bearing structure of some fungi (especially Aspergillaceae and Eurysiphaceae) from which spores are released only by decay or disintegration; -- called also cleistothecium.
  • Syn: cleistothecium. [WordNet 1.5] Cleistogamic