an ascophorous hypha or filament. [After scientific Latin Ascophora (1790 or earlier); compare French Ascophore (1803 or earlier).]
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1877 A. W. Bennett tr. O. W. Thomé Text-bk. Struct. & Physiol. Bot. vi. 282 The filaments which bear the asci (ascophores)_[Ger. ihre Sporenschläuche tragenden Fäden].