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Definition of Oospore
1. Noun. A thick-walled sexual spore that develops from a fertilized oosphere in some algae and fungi.
Definition of Oospore
1. Noun. (biology) A fertilized female zygote, having thick chitinous walls, that develops from a fertilized oosphere in some algae and fungi ¹
2. Noun. (alternative form of oospore) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Oospore
1. a fertilized egg within an oogonium [n -S] : OOSPORIC [adj]
Medical Definition of Oospore
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Oospore
Literary usage of Oospore
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of Mycology and Plant Pathology by John William Harshberger (1917)
"CHAPTER XII oospore-PRODUCING ALGAL FUNGI ORDER II. ... The ripe oospore has a
single nucleus in Peronospora parasitica, while in Albugo, ..."
2. The American Monthly Microscopical Journal by Chas. W. Smiley (1900)
"The Compound oospore of Albugo bliti.—In the Botanical Gazette for October (28
... Stevens concludes his paper on the Development of the Compound oospore of ..."
3. A Student's Text-book of Botany by Sydney Howard Vines (1896)
"The germination of the oospore takes place in different ways in different species.
... the contents of the oospore are set free as a number ot zoospores. ..."
4. The Scientific Memoirs of Thomas Henry Huxley by Thomas Henry Huxley, Michael Foster (1902)
"oospore, or oospores, thus formed eventually become invested by a thick cellulose
coat. Before this happens, in some forms of Sapro- ..."
5. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1877)
"Immediately after fertilization the oospore surrounds itself with a membrane
which afterwards, like its contents, assumes a brown color. ..."
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