thecal en · ADJ
Etymology
From theca + -al.
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to a theca.
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(not-comparable) Possessing a theca.
The latter has the sporophyte seta 4 cells in diam. and has thecal Lejeunea-type androecial branches[…]
1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 6:
Deriveds
schizothecal · tetrathecal · holothecal · dithecal · interthecal · extrathecal · subthecal · perithecal · intrathecal · monothecal