| Pronunciation: | | 'owu`spowr
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[n] a thick-walled sexual spore that develops from a fertilized oosphere in some algae and fungi |
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OOSPORE is a 7 letter word that starts with O. |
| | See Also: | | spore |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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