ascospore
(noun) sexually produced fungal spore formed within an ascus
Source: WordNet® 3.1
ascospore (plural ascospores)
(biology) A sexually produced spore from the ascus of an Ascomycetes fungus
• ascopores
Source: Wiktionary
As"co*spore, n. Etym: [Ascus + spore.] (Bot.)
Definition: One of the spores contained in the asci of lichens and fungi. [See Illust. of Ascus.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 May 2025
(verb) declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood; “On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
