aboospore

English edit

Etymology edit

ab- (“away”) +‎ oospore (“zygote”)

Pronunciation edit

(US) IPA^(key): /æ.boʊ.əˌspɔɹ/

Noun edit

aboospore (uncountable)

(biology) An oomycete spore that functions like an oospore but has been produced asexually.^[1]

References edit

^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 5

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