Definitions for asci

asci as·ci

Spelling: [as-ahy]
IPA: /ˈæs aɪ/

Asci is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 33 anagrams from letters in asci (acis).

Definitions for asci

noun

  1. plural of ascus.
  2. the sac in ascomycetes in which the sexual spores are formed.

Origin of asci

1820-30; New Latin Greek askós bag, sac

Examples for asci

The asci are cylindrical, slightly pointed at the apex, 8-spored.

In some of these, the asci are evanescent, but in the greater number are permanent.

Saccardo calls its asci (sacs which contain the spores) sporangia.

There is manifestly a succession in formation and maturity of the asci in a receptacle.

The asci differ in shape and size, according to the species.

In the genus Elaphomyces, the asci are more than commonly diffluent.

Ascus (asci), a sac, the spore-case of Lichens and some Fungi.

The spores in this species are exceedingly minute, oblong, and not contained in asci.

These cysts are respectively known as sporangia, and asci or thecæ.

The Ascomycetes are primarily subdivided into Exoasci and Carpoasci, groups based on the character of the asci.

Word Value for asci
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