English English Dictionary

of Ascidium

One of the Ascidioidea, or in a more general sense, one of the Tunicata. Also as an adj.

The structure which unites together the ascidiozooids in a compound ascidian.

Shaped like an ascidian.

A group of Tunicata, often shaped like a two-necked bottle. The group includes, social, and compound species. The gill is a netlike structure within the oral aperture. The integument is usually leathery in texture. See Illustration in Appendix.

One of the individual members of a compound ascidian. See Ascidioidea.

A genus of simple ascidians, which formerly included most of the known species. It is sometimes used as a name for the Ascidioidea, or for all the Tunicata.

A pitcher-shaped, or flask-shaped, organ or appendage of a plant, as the leaves of the pitcher plant, or the little bladderlike traps of the bladderwort (Utricularia).

Having asci.

Alt. of Ascians

A collection of serous fluid in the cavity of the abdomen; dropsy of the peritoneum.

Alt. of Ascitical

Of, pertaining to, or affected by, ascites; dropsical.

Supplemental; not inherent or original; adscititious; additional; assumed.

A choriambic verse, first used by the Greek poet Asclepias, consisting of four feet, viz., a spondee, two choriambi, and an iambus.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, plants of the Milkweed family.

A genus of plants including the milkweed, swallowwort, and some other species having medicinal properties.

of Ascococcus

A form of micrococcus, found in putrid meat infusions, occurring in peculiar masses, each of which is inclosed in a hyaline capsule and contains a large number of spherical micrococci.

One of the spores contained in the asci of lichens and fungi. [See Illust. of Ascus.]