Ascidium Definition
ə-sĭdē-əm
ascidia
noun
A pitcher-shaped or bottle-shaped part or organ, such as the hollow tubular leaf of a pitcher plant.
American Heritage
A pitcherlike leaf or structure, as of the pitcher plant or bladderwort.
Webster's New World
(zoology) One of the former genus Ascidium of simple ascidians, which formerly included most of the known species; sometimes used as a name for the Ascidiidae or for all the Tunicata, or Ascidiacea.
Wiktionary
Origin of Ascidium
New Latin from Greek askidion diminutive of askos wineskin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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New Latin, from ascus
From Wiktionary
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