aeciospore

ae·ci·o·spore

 (ē′sē-ə-spôr′, -shē-)

n.

A binucleate spore of a rust fungus, formed in a chainlike series in an aecium.

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[aeci(um) + spore.]

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aeciospore

(ˈiːsɪəˌspɔː)

n

(Botany) any of the spores produced in an aecium of the rust fungi, which spread to and infect the primary host. Also called: aecidospore

[C20: from aecium + spore]

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ae•ci•o•spore

(ˈi si əˌspɔr, -ˌspoʊr, ˈi ʃi-)

n.

a spore borne by an aecium.

[1875–80]

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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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