(n.) An organ in certain fungi and lichens, surrounding and enveloping the masses of fructification.
Example Sentences:
(1) The surface and cavity of the perithecium of Ceratocystic stenoceras were studied with a scanning electron microscope.
(2) One segment encodes a perithecium maturation function that is dependent on the second segment for phenotypic expression.
(3) Any individual perithecium contained ascospores of only one extranuclear genotype.
(4) This polypeptide appears to be responsible for vegetative incompatibility, mating identity, and perithecium induction.
(5) The four viable (SkK) and four aborted (SkS) ascospores of each ascus are ejected from the perithecium as a physically disordered group.
(6) Physical wounding of the colony carried out shortly before or during the time perithecia were developing around the plate edge stimulated perithecium development in the wound area.
(7) The trenches were made at several different positions between the plate center and edge using cultures of several different ages, and the resultant distribution of perithecia along the trench edges suggested that the colony center and periphery produce diffusible inhibitors of perithecium development.
(8) These inhibitors may be responsible, in part, for the observed pattern of perithecium development in the colony.
Skittle
Definition:
(a.) Pertaining to the game of skittles.
Example Sentences:
(1) Officials said the driver weaved along the road, knocking people down “like skittles”, for at least 2km (1.2 miles).
(2) im gona do a documntry like super size me but with skittles.
(3) Trump Jr drew ire during the campaign for agreeing to an interview with a prominent white nationalist and for comparing Syrian refugees to Skittles.
(4) Zimmerman weighs 250lbs and had a 9mm handgun; Martin, 17, weighed 140lbs and had a packet of Skittles and a can of iced tea.
(5) Do the good people at Skittles think he’s still relevant?
(6) On Saturday, vigils organise by the veteran civil rights campaigner Al Sharpton will be held across the US to protest against the acquittal of Zimmerman, who shot 17-year-old Martin as he returned home armed with nothing more than a bag of Skittles and a drink from a convenience store.
(7) She described identifying and photographing items near the body, including a bullet casing, Martin's keys, cellphone, headphones and a bag of Skittles he had just bought at a 7-Eleven convenience store less than a mile away.
(8) September 20, 2016 One Twitter user has suggested how Wrigley, the company that owns Skittles, could respond.
(9) Randi Mayem Singer (@rmayemsinger) I think we should stop eating any #Skittles .
(10) Trayvon Martin was going to the store for Skittles.
(11) In 1987, he stood for parliament in the Greenwich byelection, as a candidate for the Rainbow Alliance Beer, Fags and Skittles party, polling 174 votes.
(12) Pete Haviland-Eduah (@TheNotoriousPHE) We can't swim, we can't buy skittles, we can't listen to loud music, we can't shop, we can't play, we can't breathe, we can't pray.
(13) September 20, 2016 Nicky Woolf (@NickyWoolf) TRUMP CAMPAIGN: what if we told you three skittles in this bowl are- ME: *in front of empty bowl of skittles, through mouthful* mmf whhf?
(14) On 26 February 2012 Martin was on his way home, minding his own business armed only with a can of iced tea and a bag of Skittles.
(15) mainlee cos i luv skittles and i think ppl wud like to see me eat them.
(16) The following sports were examined: callisthenics, hiking, golf, skittles, bowling, curling, games, jogging, cycling, rowing, swimming, alpine skiing, long-distance skiing, dancing, and tennis.
(17) And how many of the fans eating it will get a little experimental and try putting the Skittles inside the burger (before realising what a terrible mistake that was)?
(18) While this celebration provides an important (not to mention fun) outlet for self-expression, we must not forget that life for GLBTIQ (gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer) people in contemporary Australia is not all beer and skittles.
(19) The song Hittin' Skittles was about someone I knew, but also about the Prince song The Ballad of Dorothy Parker .
(20) matt blaze (@mattblaze) If you told me that three @skittles in each bowl are poisonous, I'd look at the data and conclude that you're wrong about Skittle safety.