(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:46:02

The"ca*phore (?), n. [Theca + Gr. to bear: cf. F. th'ecaphore.] Bot. (a)

A surface or organ bearing a theca, or covered with thecae.

(b)

See Basigynium.

 

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