Plural of ascus
irregular plural
The plural of ascus is asci.
Forms of ascus
| Singular | ascus /ˈæskəs/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | asci /ˈæs.aɪ/ |
| Countable | countable |
Asci in a sentence
- The one important character which distinguishes the Ascomycetes from all other fungi is the ascus (plural, asci).1967, Constantine. J. Alexopoulos, Harold C. Bold, Algae and Fungi, page 101
- Asci floating freely in the centrum upon maturation, with a bristle-like appendage at the base, 8-spored, with numerous ascoconidia when mature.2015 December 24, “Phylogenetic Reconstruction of the Calosphaeriales and Togniniales Using Five Genes and Predicted RNA Secondary…. From the entry ascoconidia
- Ecto- and endotunicae thin, hardly discernable as two tunicae in unreleased, unstained asci; without zonation and ring structures; ocular chamber indistinct.1980, Opera Botanica, page 107, column 2. From the entry tunica
- Asci bitunicate, parallel, cylindrical, 30–40 × 7.5–11μm, 8–spored, endotunica flattened apically at a distance from apical exotunica but extending as a narrow column towards the conspicuously domed ascal apex.2016 February 25, “Naming Potentially Endangered Parasites: Foliicolous Mycobiota of Dimorphandra wilsonii, a Highly Threatened Brazilian…. From the entry exotunica
- He described it as a hypogeous ascomycete characterized by brownish ascoma with hairy unwarted peridium, homogeneously white gleba, and globose to subglobose stipitate asci containing smooth ovoid spores.2015 September 22, “Contrasted Genetic Diversity, Relevance of Climate and Host Plants, and Comments on the Taxonomic Problems of the…. From the entry unwarted
Meaning of ascus
- noun A sac-shaped cell present in ascomycete fungi; it is a reproductive cell in which meiosis and an additional cell division produce eight spores.
Nouns ending in -us: plural -i
Questions about the plural of ascus
- What is the plural of ascus?
- The plural of ascus is asci.
- Is ascus countable?
- Ascus is a countable noun.
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