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

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

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

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.

By this contrivance the double ascidium assumes a terminal position.

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

Though it is of course conceded that the ascidium of Nepenthes has many secondary devices which are lacking in Croton, it seems hardly allowable to deny the possibility of an analogous origin for both.

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