Definitions for ascocarps

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ascocarps as·co·carp

Spelling: [as-kuh-kahrp]

IPA: /ˈæs kəˌkɑrp/

Ascocarps is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 272 anagrams from letters in ascocarps (aaccoprss).

Definitions for ascocarps

noun

1. (in ascomycetous fungi) the fruiting body bearing the asci, as an apothecium or perithecium.

Origin of ascocarps

First recorded in 1885-90; asco- + -carp

Examples for ascocarps

The group 342 is characterized by a special type of ascocarp, the perithecium.