Definition of Teliospore

1. Noun. A chlamydospore that develops in the last stage of the life cycle of the rust fungus.

Generic synonyms: Chlamydospore

Definition of Teliospore

1. Noun. A teleutospore. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Teliospore

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Teliospore

1. A type of spore formed by a rust known as the over-wintering stage.The teliospore is a sexual spore. In Puccinia graminis thisspore is found on the barberry plant. Compare: uredospore. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Teliospore

telfer
telferage
telfered
telferic
telfering
telfers
telford
telfords
telia
telial
telic
telically
telicities
telicity
telingo potato
teliospores
telithromycin
telium
tell-all
tell-tale
tell against
tell all
tell apart
tell it like it is
tell it to Sweeney
tell it to the marines
tell me about it

Literary usage of Teliospore

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)
"Hoffman has established the most interesting point about this rust, that the aecio-teliospore chain arises from a cell produced by the fusion of two ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"This is formed as the ultimate product of a sexual union. From this teliospore there arises sooner or later a short thread ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"This is formed as the ultimate product of a sexual union. From this teliospore there arises sooner or later a short thread ..."

4. The Fungi which Cause Plant Disease by Frank Lincoln Stevens (1913)
"... and until teliospore formation occurs, the whole intervening series of cells being binucleate. Prior to the formation of the ..."

5. Nature and Development of Plants by Carlton Clarence Curtis (1918)
"... would be the beginning of the sporophyte or asexual generation, which terminates in the teliospore. The germination of the-teliospore ..."

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