ascites
— Noun
– English
～ accumulation of serous fluid in peritoneal cavity
ascitic
— Adjective
– English
～ of or relating to or resulting from an abnormal accumulation of protein and electrolyte rich fluid in the peritoneal cavity
asclepiad
— Noun
– English
～ any plant of the family Asclepiadaceae
Asclepiadaceae
— Noun
– English
～ widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales; most with milky juice
asclepiadaceous
— Adjective
– English
～ of or relating to plants of the milkweed family
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
– English
～ 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
ascocarpous
— Adjective
– English
～ of or relating to ascocarps
ascolichen
— Noun
– English
～ a lichen in which the fungus component is an ascomycete
ascoma
— Noun
– English
～ an ascocarp having the spore-bearing layer of cells (the hymenium) on a broad disklike receptacle
ascomycete
— Noun
– English
～ any fungus of the class Ascomycetes (or subdivision Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an ascus
ascomycetes
— Noun
– English
～ large class of higher fungi coextensive with division Ascomycota: sac fungi
ascomycetous
— Adjective
– English
～ related to or characteristic of fungi of the class Ascomycetes
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
– English
～ brown algae distinguished by compressed or inflated branchlets along the axis
ascorbic acid
— Noun
– English
～ a vitamin found in fresh fruits (especially citrus fruits) and vegetables; prevents scurvy
ascospore
— Noun
– English
～ sexually produced fungal spore formed within an ascus