TETRASPORES

Noun

tetraspores

plural of tetraspore

Source: Wiktionary


TETRASPORE

Tet"ra*spore, n. Etym: [Tetra- + spore.] (Bot.)

Definition: A nonsexual spore, one of a group of four regularly occurring in red seaweeds.

– Tet`ra*spor"ic, a.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



RESET




Word of the Day

7 October 2024

QUARTILE

(noun) (statistics) any of three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts each containing one quarter of the scores


coffee icon

Coffee Trivia

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

coffee icon