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acrospores

acrospores is the plural of acrospore.

Meaning of acrospore

Noun

acrospore (plural acrospores)

  1. (obsolete) A fungal spore produced at the tip of a specialized hypha.
    • In all these (which to the naked eye appear as patches of a white woolly substance) the fruit, or acrospores, as they are called in technical language, are situated on the tips of certain upright threads, sometimes solitary, but more generally branched, so as to have the appearance of miniature...1867, Johann Nave, A Handy-Book to the Collection and Preparation of Freshwater and Marine Algae, Diatoms, Desmids, Fungi, Lichens, Mosses and Other of the Lower Cryptogamia with Instructions for the...

Questions about acrospores

What is acrospores the plural of?
Acrospores is the plural of acrospore.

Words near acrospores in the dictionary

  1. acrospires
  2. acrospiring
  3. acrospiroma
  4. acrospiromas
  5. acrospore
  6. acrospores
  7. acrosporous
  8. across
  9. across country
  10. across from
  11. across lots

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