ascigerous

English

Etymology

From ascus +‎ -gerous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æˈsɪd͡ʒəɹəs/
• Rhymes: -ɪdʒəɹəs

Adjective

ascigerous (comparative more ascigerous, superlative most ascigerous)

1. (botany) Having asci.
   • 1828, John Claudius Loudon, An Encyclopaedia of Plants:

     Perithecium closed , perforated by an orifice , filled by an ascigerous somewhat deliquescent nucleus

Translations

having asci

• Portuguese: ascígero

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “ascigerous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)