ascus

ascus is a 5-letter English word with 2 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A small membranous bladder or tube in which are inclosed the seedlike reproductive particles or sporules of lichens and certain fungi. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 9 · 2 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A small membranous bladder or tube in which are inclosed the seedlike reproductive particles or sporules of lichens and certain fungi.
2. noun. saclike structure in which ascospores are formed through sexual reproduction of ascomycetes

Anagrams

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casus

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