aphis /afˈis, āˈfis/ or aphid /afˈid, āˈfid/

A plant louse (eg greenfly or blackfly), a small homopterous insect that sucks plant juices

aphˈicide or aphidˈicide /-sīd/ noun

A substance or agent that kills aphids

aphidˈian adjective and noun

aphidˈious adjective

ascus /asˈkəs/ (botany)

An enlarged cell, commonly elongated, in which usually eight spores are formed

ascomycete /as-kō-mīˈsēt/ noun

Any one of the Ascomycetes /-sēˈtēz/, one of the main divisions of the fungi, characterized by formation of asci

ascomycēˈtous adjective

asˈcospore noun

A spore formed in an ascus

• spheroidal
• spheroidicities
• spheroidicity
• spheroidisation
• spheroidise
• spheroidised
• spheroidises
• spheroidising
• spheroidization
• spheroidize
• spheroidized
• spheroidizes
• spheroidizing
• spheroids
• spherometer
• spherometers
• spherular
• spherule
• spherules
• spherulite
• spherulites
• spherulitic
• sphery
• sphincter
• sphincteral