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ascidium |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ascidium \As*cid"i*um\ ([a^]s*s[i^]d"[i^]*[u^]m), n.; pl {Ascidia} (-[.a]). [NL., fr ascus. See {Ascus}.] 1. (Bot.) 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. pl (Zo["o]l.) 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.
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