Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The sporocarp of discomycetous fungi and truffles.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun an ascocarp having the spore-bearing layer of cells (the hymenium) on a broad disklike receptacle.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
ascocarp .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an ascocarp having the spore-bearing layer of cells (the hymenium) on a broad disklike receptacle
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Examples
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In truffles, these asci are contained in ascoma, the little bumps that give truffles their characteristic warty appearance.
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In truffles, these asci are contained in ascoma, the little bumps that give truffles their characteristic warty appearance.
At My Table 2008
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