OOSPORE

oospore

(noun) a thick-walled sexual spore that develops from a fertilized oosphere in some algae and fungi

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

oospore (plural oospores)

(biology) A fertilized female zygote, having thick chitinous walls, that develops from a fertilized oosphere in some algae and fungi

Source: Wiktionary


O"ö*spore, n. Etym: [Gr. (Bot.) (a) A special kind of spore resulting from the fertilization of an oösphere by antherozoids. (b) A fertilized oösphere in the ovule of a flowering plant.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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FISSILE

(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”


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