ascidiate


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as·cid·i·um

(ə-sĭd′ē-əm)
n. pl. as·cid·i·a (ə-sĭd′ē-ə) Botany
A pitcher-shaped or bottle-shaped part or organ, such as the hollow tubular leaf of a pitcher plant.
[New Latin, from Greek askidion, diminutive of askos, wineskin.]
as·cid′i·ate′ adj.
as·cid′i·form′ (-ə-fôrm′) adj.
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ascidiate

(əˈsɪdɪˌeɪt)
adj
of or relating to the tunicate molluscs of the genus Ascidium having the form of an ascidium
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In an analysis of three genes and morphology (Doyle & Endress, 2000), which did not include Ceratophyllum, Chloranthaceae were sister to all other mesangiosperms, based in part on their retention of ascidiate carpels like those of the ANITA lines.
Phylogenetic Analyses of Cretaceous Fossils Related to Chloranthaceae and their Evolutionary Implications
Even completely ascidiate carpels are monosymmetric (e.g., basalmost angiosperms; Endress, 1986b, 2005; or Araceae; Igersheim et al., 2001).
The immense diversity of floral monosymmetry and asymmetry across angiosperms
Carpels of Brasenia (Cabombaceae) are completely ascidiate despite a long stigmatic crest.
The immense diversity of floral monosymmetry and asymmetry across angiosperms