• (n.) A surface or organ bearing a theca, or covered with thecae. • (n.) See Basigynium.
The'ca·phore noun [ Theca + Greek ... to bear: confer French thécaphore .] (Botany) (a) A surface or organ bearing a theca, or covered with thecæ. (b) See Basigynium . 
thecaphore A surface or organ bearing a theca, or covered with thecae (enclosing organs, capsule, or sheath; for example, the spore case of a moss or the horny covering of the pupa of an insect.