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ascidium
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as·cid·i·um  (-sd-m)
n. pl. as·cid·i·a (-sd-) Botany
A pitcher-shaped or bottle-shaped part or organ, such as the hollow tubular leaf of a pitcher plant.
[New Latin, from Greek askidion, diminutive of askos, wineskin.]
as·cidi·ate adj.
as·cidi·form (--fôrm) adj.
ascidium [əˈsɪdɪəm]
n pl -cidia [-ˈsɪdɪə]
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) part of a plant that is shaped like a pitcher, such as the modified leaf of the pitcher plant
[from New Latin, from Greek askidion a little bag, from askos bag]
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