AECIOSPORE

aeciospore

(noun) spore of a rust fungus formed in an aecium

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

aeciospore (plural aeciospores)

(botany) A binucleate spore of a rust fungus, formed in a chainlike series in an aecium.

Source: Wiktionary



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10 January 2025

INTERSPERSION

(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”


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Coffee Trivia

In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.

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