ASCOMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ascoma mean? 

• ASCOMA (noun)
  The noun ASCOMA has 1 sense:

1. an ascocarp having the spore-bearing layer of cells (the hymenium) on a broad disklike receptacle

  Familiarity information: ASCOMA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ASCOMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An ascocarp having the spore-bearing layer of cells (the hymenium) on a broad disklike receptacle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("ascoma" is a kind of...):

ascocarp (mature fruiting body of an ascomycetous fungus)