ascidium
Americannoun
plural
ascidianoun
Etymology
Origin of ascidium
1760–70; < New Latin < Greek askídion a small bag, equivalent to ask ( ós ) bag + -idion -idium
Example Sentences
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By this contrivance the double ascidium assumes a terminal position.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Vries, Hugo de
It appeared from some transitional forms that the adventitious leaflet, just mentioned, was due to the exaggerated development of this gland, but no clue was afforded as to the origin of the ascidium.
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
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
Interrupted leaves, with an ascidium on a naked prolongation of the midvein, are by no means limited to the Croton varieties.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Vries, Hugo de
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