Usually means: Provided with a protective covering.
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  1. thecate: Merriam-Webster
  2. thecate: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. thecate: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. thecate: Collins English Dictionary
  5. thecate: Wordnik
  6. thecate: Wiktionary
  7. thecate: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. thecate: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. thecate: Dictionary.com
  10. thecate: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  11. thecate: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. thecate: Encyclopedia

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  1. thecate: Medical dictionary

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▸ adjective:  (biology) Having a theca, or outer sheath.

Similar:
thecated, athecate, thecal, dithecal, thecasporous, theciferous, tectate, cleistothecial, exothecial, testacean, more...

Opposite:
athecate, non-thecate, unthecate

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Similar:
thecated, athecate, thecal, dithecal, thecasporous, theciferous, tectate, cleistothecial, exothecial, testacean, more...

Opposite:
athecate, non-thecate, unthecate



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