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Ascidium
UK
/əˈsɪdɪəm/
US
/əˈsɪdiəm/
Translation of "ascidium" into Russian
ascidium
Noun
UK
/əˈsɪdɪəm/
US
/əˈsɪdiəm/
ascidium
ascidia pl
ascidiums pl
асцидий
The ascidium is a part of the pitcher plant that traps insects.
Ацидий является частью растения-кувшинки, которая ловит насекомых.
Definitions
ascidium
Noun
UK
/əˈsɪdɪəm/
US
/əˈsɪdiəm/
Botany: a pitcher-shaped or bladder-like modification of a leaf, such as the trap of a bladderwort or pitcher plant, used to capture and sometimes digest small organisms.
The ascidium of Utricularia inflates suddenly to suck in unsuspecting water fleas.
Zoology (obsolete): an ascidian; any tunicate of the class Ascidiacea, commonly called a sea squirt.
While exploring the tide pool, we found an orange ascidium firmly attached to the rock.
Ascidium
Proper noun
A former genus of aquatic carnivorous plants in the family Lentibulariaceae, now mostly included in Utricularia.
Linnaeus originally assigned the bladderworts to the genus Ascidium.