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asco-

asco- prefix: ascus.

Prefix

asco-

  1. ascus

Origin of asco-

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from Latin ascus via back-formation from Ascomycetes, which see.

Questions about asco-

What does asco- mean?
Asco- means ascus.
What part of speech is asco-?
Asco- is a prefix.

Words near asco- in the dictionary

  1. asclepin
  2. Asclepios
  3. Asclepius
  4. ascleposide
  5. ASCO
  6. asco-
  7. ASCOB
  8. ascobolaceous
  9. ascobolus
  10. ASCOBs
  11. ascocarp

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