Associations to the word «Ascus»

Wiktionary

ASCUS, noun. A sac-shaped cell present in ascomycete fungi; it is a reproductive cell in which meiosis and an additional cell division produce eight spores.

Dictionary definition

ASCUS, noun. Saclike structure in which ascospores are formed through sexual reproduction of ascomycetes.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope