Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Thecaphore \The"ca*phore\, n. [Theca + Gr. ? to bear: cf. F.
   th['e]caphore.] (Bot.)
   (a) A surface or organ bearing a theca, or covered with
       thec[ae].
   (b) See {Basigynium}.