Ascidium Definition

ə-sĭdē-əm
ascidia
noun
A pitcher-shaped or bottle-shaped part or organ, such as the hollow tubular leaf of a pitcher plant.
American Heritage
A pitcherlike leaf or structure, as of the pitcher plant or bladderwort.
Webster's New World

(botany) A pitcher-shaped or flask-shaped organ or appendage of a plant.

Wiktionary

(zoology) One of the former genus Ascidium of simple ascidians, which formerly included most of the known species; sometimes used as a name for the Ascidiidae or for all the Tunicata, or Ascidiacea.

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Origin of Ascidium

  • New Latin from Greek askidion diminutive of askos wineskin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • New Latin, from ascus

    From Wiktionary

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