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cryptospora

cryptospora noun: any plant of the genus Cryptospora, of the flowering plant family Brassicaceae.

cryptospora: any plant of the genus Cryptospora, of the flowering plant family Brassicaceae
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Noun

cryptospora

  1. Any plant of the genus Cryptospora, of the flowering plant family Brassicaceae.
  2. (archaic) Any of a genus Cryptospora of fungi, of the family Gnomoniaceae, now genus Cryptosporella

Origin of cryptospora

From the genus name.

Questions about cryptospora

What does cryptospora mean?
Cryptospora means any plant of the genus Cryptospora, of the flowering plant family Brassicaceae.
What part of speech is cryptospora?
Cryptospora is a noun.

Words near cryptospora in the dictionary

  1. cryptosexuality
  2. cryptospace
  3. cryptospaces
  4. cryptospecies
  5. cryptosphere
  6. cryptospora
  7. cryptospore
  8. cryptospores
  9. cryptosporidia
  10. cryptosporidial
  11. cryptosporidian

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