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ascospore

ascospore noun: a sexually produced spore from the ascus of an Ascomycetes fungus.

Noun

ascospore (plural ascospores)

  1. A sexually produced spore from the ascus of an Ascomycetes fungus

ascospore meaning in Tamil

ascospore in Tamil

ஆஸ்க்கோஸ்போர், குடுவை உள்வித்து, உயிர்மச் சிதல், காளான்வகைத் தாவரத்தில் உண்டாகும் சிதல்

Forms of ascospore

pluralascospores

Origin of ascospore

By surface analysis, asco- + spore.

Words formed from ascospore

Questions about ascospore

What does ascospore mean?
Ascospore means a sexually produced spore from the ascus of an Ascomycetes fungus.
What is ascospore in Tamil?
Ascospore in Tamil is ஆஸ்க்கோஸ்போர், குடுவை உள்வித்து, உயிர்மச் சிதல். See Ascospore meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ascospore?
Ascospore is a noun.
What is the plural of ascospore?
The plural of ascospore is ascospores.

Words near ascospore in the dictionary

  1. ascorbic acid
  2. ascorbyl
  3. ascorbylation
  4. ascorbyls
  5. ascosphaeraceous
  6. ascospore
  7. ascospores
  8. ascosporic
  9. ascosporogenesis
  10. ascosporogenic
  11. ascosporogenous

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ascospore (page history and authors); ascospore (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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