saccate
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of saccate
1820–30; < New Latin saccātus, equivalent to sacc ( us ) sack 1 + -ātus -ate 1
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Calyx urceolate, 3–5-toothed, becoming enlarged and saccate, contracted at the apex and enclosing the fruit.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
Hoods.—Two lines across; saccate; open down the outer face.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth
The features to be remembered in Perisporiacei, as forming the basis of their classification, are, that the asci are saccate, springing from the base of the perithecia, and are soon absorbed.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)
The asci in which these sporidia are generated mostly partake of a broadly saccate, ovate form.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)
Anthers two-celled; saccate; opening terminally; furnished with a pair of reflexed horns near the summit.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth
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