ascidium

American  

[uh-sid-ee-uhm] / əˈsɪd i əm /

noun

Botany, Mycology.

plural

ascidia

1. a baglike or pitcherlike part.

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ascidium British  

/ əˈsɪdɪəm /

noun

1. part of a plant that is shaped like a pitcher, such as the modified leaf of the pitcher plant

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Etymology

Origin of ascidium

1760–70; < New Latin < Greek askídion a small bag, equivalent to ask ( ós ) bag + -idion -idium

Example Sentences

It is not in all cases easy to trace the origin and true nature of the ascidium, as the venation is sometimes obscure.

From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.

They are narrower than those of the teasel, but this depends, as we have seen for the "one-leaved" ascidium, on the shape of the original leaf.

From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Vries, Hugo de

The base of this apical limb exhibits two connate lobes, forming together a wide cup or ascidium.

From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Vries, Hugo de

I have alluded to these cases more than once, but on this occasion a closer inspection of the structure of the ascidium is required.

From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Vries, Hugo de

This tube must bear at its summit the conical ascidium produced by the two connate limbs.

From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Vries, Hugo de