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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
o·o·spore       [oh-uh-spawr, -spohr] Pronunciation Key
–noun Biology.
a fertilized egg within an oogonium.
[Origin: 1860–65; oo- + -spore]

—Related forms
o·o·spor·ic       [oh-uh-spawr-ik, -spor-] Pronunciation Key, o·os·por·ous       [oh-os-per-uhs, oh-uh-spawr-uhs, -spohr-] Pronunciation Key, adjective
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o·o·spore       (ō'ə-spôr', -spōr')  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A fertilized female cell or zygote, especially one with thick chitinous walls, developed from a fertilized oosphere.

o'o·spor'ic (-spôr'ĭk, -spŏr'-), o·os'po·rous (ō-ŏs'pər-əs, ō'ə-spôr'əs, -spōr'-) adj.
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oospore

noun
a thick-walled sexual spore that develops from a fertilized oosphere in some algae and fungi 

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oospore       (ō'ə-spôr')  Pronunciation Key 
A fertilized female cell or zygote, especially one with thick chitinous walls, developed from a fertilized oosphere.

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oospore o·o·spore (ō'ə-spôr')
n.
A fertilized female cell or zygote, especially one with thick chitinous walls, developed from a fertilized oosphere.

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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.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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