ascus

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1. saclike structure in which ascospores are formed through sexual reproduction of ascomycetes (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	reproductive structure,
definition	:	the parts of a plant involved in its reproduction (noun.plant)

part meronym	:	ascomycete, ascomycetous fungus,
definition	:	any fungus of the class Ascomycetes (or subdivision Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an ascus (noun.plant)