carbonous
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of carbonous
Example Sentences
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The name is from the habits, "those of a fucus rather than a fungus," a far-fetched comparison, for my impression is there are no fuci that are carbonous, or have much resemblance to this plant.
From Synopsis of Some Genera of the Large Pyrenomycetes Camilla, Thamnomyces, Engleromyces by Lloyd, C. G.
The genus Thamnomyces has a slender stem, entirely carbonous.
From Synopsis of Some Genera of the Large Pyrenomycetes Camilla, Thamnomyces, Engleromyces by Lloyd, C. G.
The walls of the perithecia are carbonous, and confluent with the crust.
From Synopsis of Some Genera of the Large Pyrenomycetes Camilla, Thamnomyces, Engleromyces by Lloyd, C. G.
The perithecia are generally imbedded in the outer portion of the stroma, the mouths opening through the carbonous crust.
From Synopsis of Some Genera of the Large Pyrenomycetes Camilla, Thamnomyces, Engleromyces by Lloyd, C. G.
Structure of these bodies shown by Moeller is entirely carbonous, hollow, each forming a single, carbonous perithecium.
From Synopsis of Some Genera of the Large Pyrenomycetes Camilla, Thamnomyces, Engleromyces by Lloyd, C. G.
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