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uredospore

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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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u·re·do·spore   (yŏŏ-rē'də-spôr', -spōr')   
n.  A reddish spore that is produced in the uredinium of a rust fungus and that spreads to and infects other host plants.

[ured(inium) + spore.]
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