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noun
The sporocarp of an ascomycete, typically bowl-shaped.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, mycology, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: ascoma, spore fruit
Antonyms: none provided
noun
mature fruiting body of an ascomycetous fungus
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fruiting body
Narrower terms: ascoma, apothecium, cleistothecium, cleistocarp, perithecium
History
By surface analysis, asco- + carp.
Across languages
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