ASCUS (asci)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: asci   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does ascus mean? 

• ASCUS (noun)
  The noun ASCUS has 1 sense:

1. saclike structure in which ascospores are formed through sexual reproduction of ascomycetes

  Familiarity information: ASCUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ASCUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Saclike structure in which ascospores are formed through sexual reproduction of ascomycetes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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)