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ascomycotan

ascomycotan adjective: of or relating to the Ascomycota.

Adjective

ascomycotan (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the Ascomycota.
    • All ambrosia beetles studied to date cultivate ascomycotan fungi: early colonizers of recently killed trees with poor wood digestion.2015 September 15, “New Fungus-Insect Symbiosis: Culturing, Molecular, and Histological Methods Determine Saprophytic Polyporales Mutualists of Ambrosiodmus Ambrosia Beetles”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of ascomycotan

From taxonomic name Ascomycota + -an.

Questions about ascomycotan

What does ascomycotan mean?
Ascomycotan means of or relating to the Ascomycota.
What part of speech is ascomycotan?
Ascomycotan is an adjective.

Words near ascomycotan in the dictionary

  1. ascomycete
  2. ascomyceteous
  3. ascomycetes
  4. ascomycetous
  5. ascomycin
  6. ascomycotan
  7. ascomycotic
  8. ascon
  9. asconoid
  10. ascons
  11. Ascopard

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