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ASCOCARP
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mature fruiting body of an ascomycetous fungus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("ascocarp" is a kind of...):
fruiting body (an organ specialized for producing spores)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ascocarp"):
ascoma (an ascocarp having the spore-bearing layer of cells (the hymenium) on a broad disklike receptacle)
apothecium (a cuplike ascocarp in many lichens and ascomycetous fungi)
cleistocarp; cleistothecium (closed spore-bearing structure of some fungi (especially Aspergillaceae and Erysiphaceae) from which spores are released only by decay or disintegration)
perithecium (flask-shaped ascocarp)
Holonyms ("ascocarp" is a part of...):
ascomycete; ascomycetous fungus (any fungus of the class Ascomycetes (or subdivision Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an ascus)
Derivation:
ascocarpous (of or relating to ascocarps)
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