ascoma
Americannoun
PLURAL
ascomataEtymology
Origin of ascoma
Example Sentences
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Each oar-port was protected by an ascoma or leather bag, which fitted over the oar, closing the aperture against the wash of the sea without impeding the action of the oar.
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These asci are variously shaped bodies and are known in different orders by different names, such as ascoma, apothecium, perithecium, and receptacle.
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A stout, fleshy plant, stipitate, three to five inches high, bearing a broad, much contorted, brown ascoma.
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