▪ I. theke Bot.
(θiːk)
[ad. Gr. θήκη.]
= theca 2.
| 1872 Tuckerman N. Amer. Lichens 30 [Spores] occurring in eights in the thekes. 1882 Ibid. I. Introd. 8 The hymenium, consisting of thekes (thecæ, the spore-bearing organs). 1900 in B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms. |
▪ II. theke
obs. form of theek, thilk.