ascidium
Americannoun
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ascidia
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noun
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Etymology
Origin of ascidium
1760–70; < New Latin < Greek askídion a small bag, equivalent to ask ( ós ) bag + -idion -idium
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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.
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
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
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
So it is also with the double ascidia.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Vries, Hugo de
Besides the above varieties of ascidia formed from the union of one or more leaves, there are others which seem to be the result of a peculiar excrescence or hypertrophy of the leaf.
From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.
We have already mentioned these cups, and recall them in the present connection to use them as a prototype of the double ascidia.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Vries, Hugo de
It had produced seven ascidia in all, each formed by the conversion of one leaflet on the trifoliolate leaves.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Vries, Hugo de
In other instances the peltate leaves become more or less hollow, constituting broad ascidia as in the case of the crassulaceous genus Umbilicus.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Vries, Hugo de
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