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