Ascidium
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Ascidium is a noun meaning (botany) A pitcher-shaped or flask-shaped organ or appendage of a plant.
Meaning
(botany) A pitcher-shaped or flask-shaped organ or appendage of a plant.
More Meanings
- (zoology) One of the former genus Ascidium of simple ascidians, which included most of the known species; sometimes used as a name for the family Ascidiidae or for all the Tunicata, or Ascidiacea.
Word Forms
- ascidia
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ascocarp, paraphysis, ascogonium, ascidiarium, spermidium, ampulla.
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