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expersate

expersate adjective: being a oospore which lacks an ooplast.

Adjective

expersate (not comparable)

  1. Being a oospore which lacks an ooplast.
    • Expersate oospores lack an ooplast and have one to several oil droplets entirely surrounded by protoplasm. […] Dick (1971) has claimed that all known species of Saprolegniaceae possess an ooplast and that the term expersate is therefore superfluous.1980, John Webster, Introduction to Fungi, 2nd edition, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire; […]: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 156

Questions about expersate

What does expersate mean?
Expersate means being a oospore which lacks an ooplast.
What part of speech is expersate?
Expersate is an adjective.

Words near expersate in the dictionary

  1. experimentizing
  2. experimently
  3. experiments
  4. experimentum crucis
  5. experimentwise
  6. expersate
  7. expert
  8. expert system
  9. expert systems
  10. expert witness
  11. expert witnesses

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