ascites
— Noun
– English
～ accumulation of serous fluid in peritoneal cavity
asclepiad
— Noun
– English
～ any plant of the family Asclepiadaceae
Asclepiadaceae
— Noun
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～ widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales; most with milky juice
Asclepias albicans
— Noun
– English
～ tall herb with leafless white waxy stems and whitish starlike flowers; southwestern United States
Asclepias
— Noun
– English
～ genus of chiefly North American perennial herbs: silkweed; milkweed
Asclepius
— Noun
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～ son of Apollo; a hero and the Roman god of medicine and healing; his daughters were Hygeia and Panacea
ascocarp
— Noun
– English
～ mature fruiting body of an ascomycetous fungus
ascolichen
— Noun
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～ a lichen in which the fungus component is an ascomycete
ascoma
— Noun
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～ an ascocarp having the spore-bearing layer of cells (the hymenium) on a broad disklike receptacle
ascomycete
— Noun
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～ any fungus of the class Ascomycetes (or subdivision Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an ascus
ascomycetes
— Noun
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～ large class of higher fungi coextensive with division Ascomycota: sac fungi
ascomycota
— Noun
– English
～ a large subdivision of Eumycota including Hemiascomycetes and Plectomycetes and Pyrenomycetes and Discomycetes; sac fungi; in some classification systems considered a division of the kingdom Fungi
Ascomycotina
— Noun
– English
～ a large subdivision of Eumycota including Hemiascomycetes and Plectomycetes and Pyrenomycetes and Discomycetes; sac fungi; in some classification systems considered a division of the kingdom Fungi
Ascophyllum
— Noun
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～ brown algae distinguished by compressed or inflated branchlets along the axis
ascorbic acid
— Noun
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～ a vitamin found in fresh fruits (especially citrus fruits) and vegetables; prevents scurvy
ascospore
— Noun
– English
～ sexually produced fungal spore formed within an ascus
ascot
— Noun
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～ a cravat with wide square ends; secured with an ornamental pin
ascription
— Noun
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～ assigning to a cause or source; "the attribution of lighting to an expression of God's wrath"; "he questioned the attribution of the painting to Picasso"
ascription
— Noun
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～ assigning some quality or character to a person or thing; "the attribution of language to birds"; "the ascription to me of honors I had not earned"
ascus
— Noun
– English
～ saclike structure in which ascospores are formed through sexual reproduction of ascomycetes