Ascidiumn.

/əˈsɪdɪəm/

Forms: Plural Ascidia.

Etymology: < modern Latin ascidium < ancient Greek ἀσκίδιον, diminutive of ἀσκός leather bag, wine-skin.

1. Zoology. (Also Ascidia, plural -æ.) A genus of tunicate molluscs, having the enveloping tunic elastic and leathery: see ascidian adj. and n.

ΚΠ

1777 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, quarto) IV. vi. 48 Ascidia..Taken off Scarborough.

1856 P. H. Gosse Man. Marine Zool. II. 30 The Ascidiæ usually adhere to stones and old shells.

1878 F. J. Bell & E. R. Lankester tr. C. Gegenbaur Elements Compar. Anat. 391 In many Ascidia a new individual buds from the body of the adult animal.

2. Botany. A pitcher-shaped leafy appendage.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > [noun] > pitcher or ascidium

pitcher1797

Ascidium1830

vasculum1832

vascule1859

1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 81 The presence of Ascidia, or pitchers among its leaves, resembling those of Nepenthes.

Derivatives

aˈscidiate adj. shaped like an ascidium (Craig 1847).

aˈscidiform adj. = ascidiate adj. (Webster 1864).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ascidium
释义	Ascidiumn. /əˈsɪdɪəm/ Forms: Plural Ascidia. Etymology: < modern Latin ascidium < ancient Greek ἀσκίδιον, diminutive of ἀσκός leather bag, wine-skin. 1. Zoology. (Also Ascidia, plural -æ.) A genus of tunicate molluscs, having the enveloping tunic elastic and leathery: see ascidian adj. and n. ΚΠ 1777 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, quarto) IV. vi. 48 Ascidia..Taken off Scarborough. 1856 P. H. Gosse Man. Marine Zool. II. 30 The Ascidiæ usually adhere to stones and old shells. 1878 F. J. Bell & E. R. Lankester tr. C. Gegenbaur Elements Compar. Anat. 391 In many Ascidia a new individual buds from the body of the adult animal. 2. Botany. A pitcher-shaped leafy appendage. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > [noun] > pitcher or ascidium pitcher1797 Ascidium1830 vasculum1832 vascule1859 1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 81 The presence of Ascidia, or pitchers among its leaves, resembling those of Nepenthes. Derivatives aˈscidiate adj. shaped like an ascidium (Craig 1847). aˈscidiform adj. = ascidiate adj. (Webster 1864). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1777
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