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tholus

The English word “tholus” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A small domical mountain or hill.
  2. A round building, dome, or cupola.
  3. Part of the apical structure of the asci of some lichen species.

Etymology

From Latin tholus (“dome, rotunda”). Doublet of tholos.

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