ascidium (plural ascidia)
(botany) A pitcher-shaped or flask-shaped organ or appendage of a plant.
(zoology) One of the former genus Ascidium of simple ascidians, which included most of the known species; sometimes used as a name for the family Ascidiidae or for all the Tunicata, or Ascidiacea.
Source: Wiktionary
As*cid"i*um, n.; pl. Ascidia. Etym: [NL., fr. ascus. See Ascus.]
1. (Bot.)
Definition: A pitcher-shaped, or flask-shaped, organ or appendage of a plant, as the leaves of the pitcher plant, or the little bladderlike traps of the bladderwort (Utricularia).
2. pl. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A genus of simple ascidians, which formerly included most of the known species. It is sometimes used as a name for the Ascidioidea, or for all the Tunicata.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 April 2025
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