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oospore


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Oospore  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  oospore 
  n  :  a  thick-walled  sexual  spore  that  develops  from  a  fertilized 
  oosphere  in  some  algae  and  fungi 




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