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ascolocular

ascolocular adjective: describing ascocarps having asci arranged in pre-formed locules, or cavities within a stoma.

Adjective

ascolocular (comparative more ascolocular, superlative most ascolocular)

  1. Describing ascocarps having asci arranged in pre-formed locules, or cavities within a stoma.
    • The designation loculoascomycetes was first proposed for all fungi which have ascolocular development.

Forms of ascolocular

comparativemore ascolocular
superlativemost ascolocular

Origin of ascolocular

From ascus + locule + -ar.

Questions about ascolocular

What does ascolocular mean?
Ascolocular means describing ascocarps having asci arranged in pre-formed locules, or cavities within a stoma.
What part of speech is ascolocular?
Ascolocular is an adjective.

Words near ascolocular in the dictionary

  1. Ascoli Satriano
  2. Ascolian
  3. ascoliasm
  4. ascolichen
  5. ascolichens
  6. ascolocular
  7. ascoma
  8. ascomata
  9. ascomatal
  10. Ascomo
  11. ascomycetal

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