Definition of Cleistocarp

1. Noun. Closed spore-bearing structure of some fungi (especially Aspergillaceae and Erysiphaceae) from which spores are released only by decay or disintegration.

Exact synonyms: Cleistothecium
Generic synonyms: Ascocarp

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cleistocarp

clefting
clefts
cleg
clegg
cleggs
clegs
cleidagra
cleidal
cleido-
cleidocostal
cleidocranial
cleidocranial dysostosis
cleidocranial dysplasia
cleidoic
cleidomancy
cleistocarp (current term)
cleistogamic
cleistogamies
cleistogamous
cleistogamously
cleistogamy
cleistothecia
cleistothecial
cleistothecium
clemastine
clematis
clematises
clemence
clemencies

Literary usage of Cleistocarp

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Mosses with a Hand-lens: A Non-technical Handbook of the More Common and by Abel Joel Grout (1905)
"... small and cleistocarp- ous so that it is better to treat it here, although it belongs in the Tortula family. The plants are larger than in ..."

2. Text-book of the Diseases of Trees by Robert Hartig (1894)
"The numerous species of mildews have recently been arranged in several genera according to the number of asci in the cleistocarp, or according to the number ..."

3. Jahrbuch der ST. Gallischen naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft by St. Gallische naturwissenschaftliche gesellschaft (1873)
"Muse, cleistocarp. p. 44. Patria: Nova-Hollandia, in terra argillosa ad Swan-River ... 738. — Milde Bryol. siles. p. 191. — Jaeg. Muse, cleistocarp. p. 44. ..."

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