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endosporous

endosporous adjective: bearing spores contained in a case (a sporophore); applied to fungi or eukaryotes.

Adjective

endosporous (not comparable)

  1. Bearing spores contained in a case (a sporophore); applied to fungi or eukaryotes.
    • With the exception of three species belonging to the order Ceratiomyxales which bear spores externally and are termed exosporous, all other Myxomycetes are endosporous. The latter bear spores within sporophores.2012, (Please provide the book title or journal name)

Origin of endosporous

From endospore + -ous.

Questions about endosporous

What does endosporous mean?
Endosporous means bearing spores contained in a case (a sporophore); applied to fungi or eukaryotes.
What part of speech is endosporous?
Endosporous is an adjective.

Words near endosporous in the dictionary

  1. endospore
  2. endospores
  3. endosporia
  4. endosporic
  5. endosporium
  6. endosporous
  7. endosporulate
  8. endosporulated
  9. endosporulates
  10. endosporulating
  11. endosporulation

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