ae·ci·o·spore (  s- -spôr , -sp r, -sh-)n. A binucleate spore of a rust fungus, formed in a chainlike series in an aecium. |
aeciospore [ˈiːsɪəˌspɔː]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) any of the spores produced in an aecium of the rust fungi, which spread to and infect the primary host Also called aecidospore
[from aecium + spore]
| aeciospore (s--spôr, -sh-) A spore produced in the aecium of a rust fungus. Each spore has two nuclei and is part of a chain of spores. |
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| Noun | 1. | aeciospore - spore of a rust fungus formed in an aecium spore - a small usually single-celled asexual reproductive body produced by many nonflowering plants and fungi and some bacteria and protozoans and that are capable of developing into a new individual without sexual fusion; "a sexual spore is formed after the fusion of gametes" rust fungus, rust - any of various fungi causing rust disease in plants |
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