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ASCUS
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Irregular inflected form: asci
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Saclike structure in which ascospores are formed through sexual reproduction of ascomycetes
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("ascus" is a kind of...):
reproductive structure (the parts of a plant involved in its reproduction)
Holonyms ("ascus" 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)
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