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‖ lirella Bot.|lɪˈrɛlə|
[mod.L. = F. lirelle, a diminutive f. L. līra furrow.]
The narrow ‘shield’ or apothecium, with a furrow along the middle, found in some lichens.
1839Lindley Introd. Bot. (ed. 3) 271 Lirella is a linear shield, such as is found in Opegrapha, with a channel along its middle. 1861Bentley Man. Bot. 383 The more usual forms [of apothecia] are round and linear; in the latter case they are commonly termed lirellæ.
Hence liˈrellate, liˈrelline, liˈrelliform (erron. lirellæform), liˈrellous adjs., shaped like a lirella.
1855Mayne Expos. Lex., Lirelliformis, ..lirelliform. Lirellosus,..lirellous. 1871W. A. Leighton Lichen-flora 162 Apothecia..lirelliform. Ibid. 388 Apothecia lirellæform. 1889Syd. Soc. Lex., Lirellate. 1900Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms, Lirelline. |