ascidium Meaning, Definition & Usage

As*cid"i*um noun
Etymology
NL., fr. ascus. See Ascus.
Wordforms
plural Ascidia
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A pitcher-shaped, or flask-shaped, organ or appendage of a plant, as the leaves of the pitcher plant, or the little bladderlike traps of the bladderwort (Utricularia).
  2. pl. (Zoöl.) A genus of simple ascidians, which formerly included most of the known species. It is sometimes used as a name for the Ascidioidea, or for all the Tunicata.

Webster 1913