See also: Ascidium

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New Latin ascidium, from Ancient Greek ἀσκίδιον (askídion), from ἀσκός (askós, leather bag) + -ιδιον (-idion, diminutive ending)

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ascidium (plural ascidia)

  1. (botany) A pitcher-shaped or flask-shaped organ or appendage of a plant.
  2. (zoology) One of the former genus Ascidium of simple ascidians, which included most of the known species; sometimes used as a name for the family Ascidiidae or for all the Tunicata, or Ascidiacea.

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