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asclepias speciosa |
asclepias subverticillata |
asclepias tuberosa |
asclepias verticillata |
asclepius |
ascocarp
| ascocarpous
| ascococcus
| ascolichen
| ascoma
| ascomycete
ascocarp
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun ascocarp has 1 sense
- ascocarp(n = noun.plant) Array - mature fruiting body of an ascomycetous fungus; Array has particulars: ascoma, apothecium, cleistocarp, cleistothecium, perithecium
is a part of ascomycete, ascomycetous fungus
is a kind of fruiting body
Derived form adjective ascocarpous1
CIDE DICTIONARY
ascocarp, n. [Gr. 'asko`s a bladder + karpo`s fruit.].
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 . [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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