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lirella

[ li-rel-uh, lahy- ]

noun

, Botany, Mycology.
  1. the elongated, narrow apothecium of certain lichens.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of lirella1

1830–40; < New Latin, diminutive of Latin līra a ridge, furrow

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