urediospore

[yoo-ree-dee-uh-spawr, -spohr]

u·re·di·o·spore

[yoo-ree-dee-uh-spawr, -spohr]
noun Mycology.
the spore of the rust fungi that appears between the aeciospore and the teliospore, commonly the summer spore.
Also, u·re·do·spore [yoo-ree-duh-spawr, -spohr] .


Origin:
1870–75; uredi(um) + -o- + spore
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Urediospore has a plethora of syllables.
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a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
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