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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: saclike structure in which ascospores are formed through sexual reproduction of ascomycetes

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural asci) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek askos wineskin, bladder Date: 1830 the membranous oval or tubular spore case of an ascomycete

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ascus As"cus, n.; pl. Asci. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a bladder.] (Bot.) A small membranous bladder or tube in which are inclosed the seedlike reproductive particles or sporules of lichens and certain fungi.