Ascidiaceae
— Noun
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～ sometimes classified as an order: sea squirts
ascidian
— Noun
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～ minute sedentary marine invertebrate having a saclike body with siphons through which water enters and leaves
ascii
— Noun
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～ (computer science) a code for information exchange between computers made by different companies; a string of 7 binary digits represents each character; used in most microcomputers
ascites
— Noun
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～ accumulation of serous fluid in peritoneal cavity
ascitic
— Adjective
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～ of or relating to or resulting from an abnormal accumulation of protein and electrolyte rich fluid in the peritoneal cavity
asclepiad
— Noun
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～ 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
asclepiadaceous
— Adjective
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～ of or relating to plants of the milkweed family
Asclepias albicans
— Noun
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～ tall herb with leafless white waxy stems and whitish starlike flowers; southwestern United States
Asclepias
— Noun
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～ 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
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～ mature fruiting body of an ascomycetous fungus
ascocarpous
— Adjective
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～ of or relating to ascocarps
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