ascus

POS

Noun

HYPHEN

as=cus

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun ascus has 1 sense

ascus(n = noun.plant) - saclike structure in which ascospores are formed through sexual reproduction of ascomycetes;

is a kind of

reproductive structure

is a part of ascomycete, ascomycetous fungus

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CIDE DICTIONARY

ascus, n. [NL., fr. Gr. a bladder.].

A small membranous bladder or tube in which are inclosed the seedlike reproductive particles or sporules of lichens and certain fungi. [1913 Webster]