The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ascidia
Ascidium \As*cid"i*um\ ([a^]s*s[i^]d"[i^]*[u^]m), n.; pl. Ascidia (-[.a]). [NL., fr. ascus. See Ascus.]
(Bot.) A pitcher-shaped, or flask-shaped, organ or appendage of a plant, as the leaves of the pitcher plant, or the little bladderlike traps of the bladderwort (Utricularia).
pl. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of simple ascidians, which formerly included most of the known species. It is sometimes used as a name for the Ascidioidea, or for all the Tunicata.
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Ascidia
Ascidia is a genus of tunicates in the family Ascidiidae.
Usage examples of "ascidia".
We find exquisitely delicate structures, some inhabited by simple hydra-like polypi, others by more organized kinds, and beautiful compound Ascidiae.