Ascus

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A membranous, often club-shaped structure in which typically eight ascospores are formed through sexual reproduction of ascomycetes.
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  • n. A sac-shaped cell present in ascomycete fungi; it is a reproductive cell in which meiosis and an additional cell division produce eight spores.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A small membranous bladder or tube in which are inclosed the seedlike reproductive particles or sporules of lichens and certain fungi.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In botany, the spore-case of lichens and ascomycetous fungi, consisting of a single cell, usually the swollen terminal cell of a branch of a hypha, from the protoplasm of which the spores (typically 8) are produced. Also called ascidium and theca.
  • n. In archœol., same as askos.
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  • n. saclike structure in which ascospores are formed through sexual reproduction of ascomycetes
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    reproductive structure   
    Variant
    asci   
    Form
    ascocarp    ascomycete    ascospore    Ascomycota    Ascomycetes   
     
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