zygospore
(noun) a plant spore formed by two similar sexual cells
Source: WordNet® 3.1
zygospore (plural zygospores)
(botany) A zygosperm.
(botany) A spore formed by the union of several zoospores.
• (zygosperm): zygosperm
• (spore formed by the union of several zoospores): zygozoospore
Source: Wiktionary
Zyg"o*spore, n. Etym: [Gr. spore.] (Bot.) (a) Same as Zygosperm. (b) A spore formed by the union of several zoöspores; -- called also zygozoöspore.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 June 2025
(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
