Ascospore
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noun.
A spore formed within an ascus.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
In
botany
, one of a cluster of spores borne within an ascus.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
One of the spores contained in the asci of lichens and fungi. [See
Illust.
of
ascus
.]
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
A
sexually
produced
spore
from the
ascus
of an
Ascomycetes
fungus
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun.
sexually produced fungal spore formed within an ascus
Word Usage
"Second, the wind plays a large part in local ascospore dissemination."
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
spore
variant
ascus