'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