Ascidium (asidium)

[NL., known as sea-squirts: synonymous with Phare lusia.-2. [ l. c.; pl. ascidia (-a).] In bot.: (a) Any tubular, horn-shaped, or pitcher-like formation, arising usually from the union of the margins of a leaf or other organ, or from the disproportionate growth of some part. The ascidium ordinarily known as a pitcher, as in the pitcher plants ( Nepenthes ) and side-saddle flowers ( Sarracenia ), is often covered by a lid, and contains a secreted fluid in which insects are drowned and macerated. The small aquatic sacs of species of Utricularia are also ascidia. See cut in next column. (b) Same as ascus, 1. asclent (as-klent'), adv. A Scotch Scotch form of aslant. asclepiad (as-kle pi-ad), n. [ the Asclepiads (which see). Asclepiadaceae (as-klē pi-a-dā sē-ē), n. pl. [ NL., ( Asclepias ), carrion-flower ( Stapelia ), wax-plant ( Hoya ), handsome greenhouse plants, the Indian sarsaparilla ( Hemidesmus Indicus ), and several fiber-plants, as species of Calo trop is and Marsdenia , a species of the latter genus yielding a blue dye resembling indigo. asclepiadaceous (as-klē"pi-a-dā'shius), a. Belonging to the Asclepiad aceæ . Asclepiade (as-klēpī'a-dē), n . pl. [NL.: see Asclepiads.] Same as Asclepiads. Asclepiad ean (as-klē"pi-a-dē'an), a. [L. As clepiadeus (see asclepiad ) + -an.] In anc. pros., consisting or composed of Asclepiadics. In his combinations of the Asclepiad ean [meter] we note the grave and thoughtful temperance of tone which pervades those in which the three Asclepiad ean lines are com bined with one Glyconic. Encyc. Brit. XII. 165. Asclepiad ean strophe, a strophe or stanza composed of Asclepiadics with or without other verses, such as Glyconics and Pherecratics. Asclepiadic (as-klē-pi-ad'ik), a. and n. [ II. n. In anc. pros ., a verse consisting of a spondee, two (or three) choriambi, and an iambus; or, according to other authorities, a logaedic verse consisting of a basis, three cyclic dactyls, of which the second is syncopated (or five cyclic dactyls, of which the second and fourth are syncopated), and a trochaic dipody catalectic. The shorter form is called the le er , the longer the greater , Asclepiadic . Mācēnās ătăvīs | ēdítě rē- | | gibūs. Mæcenās ātă- | vis | ēdítě | | rēgībūs. Tūnë | quæsiērīs | scirě něfās | quem mihi quēm | tibi. Tünë quæsiě | ris | scirěně | fãs | quêm mihi | quēm tibi. Asclepiads (as-k (as-klē'pi-adz), n. pl. [ secrets of their art. Also Asclepiadæ . From these primitive clinical records, the half-priestly, half-philosophic caste of the Asclepiads compiled the data upon which the earliest generalisations of medicine, as an inductive science, were based. Huxley, Biol. Sci. and Med. ascribable