phaca

[Gr. phakos =the lentil; phake its fruit.] Bot .: A large genus of papilionaceous plants, subtribe Astragalese. Now reduced to Astragalus (q.v.) pha-çid-1-ā-çě-1, s . pl . [Mod. Lat.phacidi (um); Lat. masc. pl. adj. suff. -ace i.] Bot.: A sub-order of Ascomycetous Fungi. Receptacle coriaceous, the disc ultimately exposed by the rupture of its outer coat.