o·o·spore (   -spôr , -spr)n. A fertilized female cell or zygote, especially one with thick chitinous walls, developed from a fertilized oosphere. o o·sporic (-spôr k, -sp r-), o·ospo·rous (-spr-s, -spôrs, -spr-) adj. |
oospore [ˈəʊəˌspɔː]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) a thick-walled sexual spore that develops from a fertilized oosphere in some algae and fungi
oosporic , oosporous adj
| oospore (-spôr) A fertilized female cell or zygote, especially one with thick chitinous walls, developed from a fertilized oosphere. |
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| Noun | 1. | oospore - a thick-walled sexual spore that develops from a fertilized oosphere in some algae and fungi 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" |
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