Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ascidium

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: as-cid-i-um
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A pitcher-shaped or flask-shaped organ or appendage of a plant.

noun

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.

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: ascidium, ἀσκίδιον

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.

Inflected Forms

ascidia (plural)

Derived Forms

ascidiozooid

Frequently Paired Words

Ascidia

Questions

What does ascidium mean?: A pitcher-shaped or flask-shaped organ or appendage of a plant.
Where does ascidium come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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