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Oospore
O′o-spore
,
Noun.
[Gr.
ω,ὄν
an egg + [GREEK] a seed.]
(Bot.)
(a)
A special kind of spore resulting from the fertilization of an oosphere by antherozoids.
(b)
A fertilized oosphere in the ovule of a flowering plant.
Definition
2024
oospore
oospore
See also:
oöspore
English
Noun
oospore
(
plural
oospores
)
(
biology
)
A fertilized female
zygote
, having thick
chitinous
walls, that develops from a fertilized
oosphere
in some
algae
and
fungi
Italian
Noun
oospore
f
plural of
oospora
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