Meanings
prefix
- biologyascus
Origin
- Latinascus
- Englishasco-
From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from Latin ascus via back-formation from Ascomycetes, which see.
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APA
asco-. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/asco-
MLA
“asco-.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/asco-. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “asco-,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/asco-.
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