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Oospore

Oospore Meaning & Definition
Oospore Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Oospore?

[n] a thick-walled sexual spore that develops from a fertilized oosphere in some algae and fungi

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Oospore In Webster's Dictionary

\O"["o]*spore\, n. [Gr. ? an egg + ? a seed.] (Bot.) (a) A special kind of spore resulting from the fertilization of an o["o]sphere by antherozoids. (b) A fertilized o["o]sphere in the ovule of a flowering plant.

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