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ascocarp |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ascocarp \As"co*carp\, n. [Gr. 'asko`s a bladder + karpo`s fruit.] (Bot.) In ascomycetous fungi, the spherical, discoid, or cup-shaped body within which the asci are collected, and which constitutes the mature fructification. The different forms are known in mycology under distinct names Called also {spore fruit}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: ascocarp n : mature fruiting body of an ascomycetous fungus
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