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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ascus \As"cus\, n.; pl Asci. [NL., fr Gr ? a bladder.] (Bot.) A small membranous bladder or tube in which are inclosed the seedlike reproductive particles or sporules of lichens and certain fungi. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: ascus n : saclike structure in which ascospores are formed through sexual reproduction of ascomycetes
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