ascocarp
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1. mature fruiting body of an ascomycetous fungus (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | fruiting body, |
| definition | : | an organ specialized for producing spores (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | ascoma, |
| definition | : | an ascocarp having the spore-bearing layer of cells (the hymenium) on a broad disklike receptacle (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | apothecium, |
| definition | : | a cuplike ascocarp in many lichens and ascomycetous fungi (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | cleistocarp, cleistothecium, |
| definition | : | closed spore-bearing structure of some fungi (especially Aspergillaceae and Erysiphaceae) from which spores are released only by decay or disintegration (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | perithecium, |
| definition | : | flask-shaped ascocarp (noun.plant) |
| part meronym | : | ascomycete, ascomycetous fungus, |
| definition | : | any fungus of the class Ascomycetes (or subdivision Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an ascus (noun.plant) |
| derivation | : | ascocarpous, |
| definition | : | of or relating to ascocarps (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | ascocarpous, |
| definition | : | of or relating to ascocarps (adj.pert) |
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