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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a cuplike ascocarp in many lichens and ascomycetous fungi; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Apothecium \Apo`*the"ci*um\, n.; pl. Apothecia. [NL.] (Bot.)
   The ascigerous fructification of lichens, forming masses of
   various shapes.
   [1913 Webster] Apothegm


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

apothecium
    n 1: a cuplike ascocarp in many lichens and ascomycetous fungi