| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| amphithecium |
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| SYLLABICATION: | am·phi·the·ci·um |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   m f -th  sh-m, -s-m |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. am·phi·the·ci·a (-sh-, -s-)
The outer layer of cells of the spore-containing capsule of a moss. | | ETYMOLOGY: | New Latin : amphi– + Greek thkion, diminutive of thk, receptacle; see dh- in Appendix I.
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