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Definition of Exospore
1. n. The extreme outer wall of a spore; the epispore.
Definition of Exospore
1. Noun. The outer layer of a spore, especially in some algae and fungi ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Exospore
1. the outer coat of a spore [n -S]
Medical Definition of Exospore
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Exospore
Literary usage of Exospore
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Study of the Biology of Ferns by the Collodion Method: For Advanced and by George Francis Atkinson (1894)
"In various species of Aspidium, the shield ferns, the exospore is ... Spore of
Pteris serrulata, showing the roughened exospore and the three-rayed fissure. ..."
2. An Introduction to Cytology by Lester Whyland Sharp (1921)
"The exospore first appears, and just outside of it the rough ... is formed within
the exospore. Between the protoplast, which is at this time very small, ..."
3. Journal of Mycology by William Ashbrook Kellerman, Job Bicknell Ellis, Benjamin Matlack Everhart, United States Dept. of Agriculture. Section of Vegetable Pathology (1905)
"2 to 2.5 mic. broad at the base, often bent at their apices, at maturity extending
to the outer surface of the exospore; spore, exclud- inging ..."
4. The Structure and Development of Mosses and Ferns (Archegoniatae). by Douglas Houghton Campbell (1905)
"The exospore is colourless, and upon the outside presents a pitted appearance in
Ophioglossum, and irregular small tubercles in Botrychium. ..."
5. The Cyclopædia of Anatomy and Physiology. by Robert Bentley Todd (1859)
"... and is immediately subjacent to the aperture in the exospore. It is in all
probability from this cell, although the earlier stages of the development ..."
6. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1896)
"The outer, thicker coat of the spore (primordial utricle, or moth cell) is termed
the exospore. and consists of differentiated protoplasm somewhat similar ..."
7. Botany for High Schools and Colleges by Charles Edwin Bessey (1880)
"exospore, which is generally yellow in color. Internally the spores contain, in
addition to the protoplasm, oil-drops •and chlorophyll granules. 465. ..."
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