ASCOMYCETE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ascomycete mean? 

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

1. any fungus of the class Ascomycetes (or subdivision Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an ascus

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ASCOMYCETE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any fungus of the class Ascomycetes (or subdivision Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an ascus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

ascomycete; ascomycetous fungus

Hypernyms ("ascomycete" is a kind of...):

fungus (an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia)

Meronyms (parts of "ascomycete"):

ascocarp (mature fruiting body of an ascomycetous fungus)

ascus (saclike structure in which ascospores are formed through sexual reproduction of ascomycetes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ascomycete"):

Geglossaceae; Sarcosomataceae (a type of ascomycetous fungus)

Clavicipitaceae; grainy club mushrooms (any of various mushrooms of the class Ascomycetes)

cup fungus; discomycete (any fungus that is a member of the subclass Discomycetes)

Holonyms ("ascomycete" is a member of...):

Ascomycota; Ascomycotina; subdivision Ascomycota; subdivision Ascomycotina (a large subdivision of Eumycota including Hemiascomycetes and Plectomycetes and Pyrenomycetes and Discomycetes; sac fungi; in some classification systems considered a division of the kingdom Fungi)

Derivation:

ascomycetous (related to or characteristic of fungi of the class Ascomycetes)