• (n.) A pitcher-shaped, or flask-shaped, organ or appendage of a plant, as the leaves of the pitcher plant, or the little bladderlike traps of the bladderwort (Utricularia). • (n.) A genus of simple ascidians, which formerly included most of the known species. It is sometimes used as a name for the Ascidioidea, or for all the Tunicata.As...
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Origin: NL, fr. Ascus. See Ascus. ... 1. <botany> A pitcher-shaped, or flask-shaped, organ or appendage of a plant, as the leaves of the pitcher plant, or the little bladderlike traps of the bladderwort (Utricularia). ... 2. <zoology> A genus of simple ascidians, which formerly included most of the known species. It is sometimes used as...
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As·cid'i·um (ăs*sĭd'ĭ*ŭm)
noun ;
plural Ascidia (-ȧ). [ New Latin , from
ascus . See
Ascus .]
1. (Botany) A pitcher-shaped, or flask-shaped, organ or appendage of a plant, as the leaves of the pitcher plant, or the lit...
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ascidium (s), ascidia (pl); ascidiform 1. A part of a plant or fungus shaped like a pitcher or bag. 2. A pitcher-shaped, bottle-shaped, or baglike part or organ; such as, the hollow tubular leaf of a pitcher plant.
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a baglike or pitcherlike part.
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