saccate
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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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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 M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke
Petals nearly equal in length, but the lower one larger and gibbous or saccate at the base, more notched than the others at the apex.
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 Asa Gray
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 Asa Gray
Antheridia 3–20, in the axils of small saccate leaves, which are scarcely imbricate or crowded into terminal heads.
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 Asa Gray
Ulvaceæ.—Marine or aquatic algae consisting of membranous, flat, and expanded tubular or saccate fronds composed of polygonal cells firmly joined together by their sides.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883 by Various
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