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Definition of Thecae
1. theca [n] - See also: theca
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thecae
Literary usage of Thecae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1843)
"thecae enclosed in involucres of two different forms . ... in distinct thecae.
thecae valveless, with an operculum ..."
2. A Class-book of Botany: Designed for Colleges, Academies, and Other by Alphonso Wood (1854)
"thecae sessile, arranged in 2-ranked spikelets issuing from the margin of the
... thecae somewhat turbinate, in 2 rows on the inner side of each spikelet. ..."
3. A Treatise on Zoology by Edwin Ray Lankester (1900)
"The second theca is budded from the sicula, the third from the second, and so
forth, a common canal placing the thecae in communication with one another. ..."
4. Bulletin by University of the State of New York (1902)
"They widen in a similar degree and possess the same simple apertural margin.
In general, it may be said that all the thecae of a ..."
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