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hormospore

hormospore noun: a spore similar in origin to stylospores or teleutospores of fungi, colourless, dividing into cells, microgonidia, etc., with deliquescence of the mother cell, the microgonidia developing into heterocysts.

Noun

hormospore (plural hormospores)

  1. A spore similar in origin to stylospores or teleutospores of fungi, colourless, dividing into cells, microgonidia, etc., with deliquescence of the mother cell, the microgonidia developing into heterocysts.

Forms of hormospore

pluralhormospores

Questions about hormospore

What does hormospore mean?
Hormospore means a spore similar in origin to stylospores or teleutospores of fungi, colourless, dividing into cells, microgonidia, etc., with deliquescence of the mother cell, the microgonidia developing into heterocysts.
What part of speech is hormospore?
Hormospore is a noun.
What is the plural of hormospore?
The plural of hormospore is hormospores.

Words near hormospore in the dictionary

  1. hormonomes
  2. hormonomics
  3. hormonotherapy
  4. hormosinid
  5. hormosinids
  6. hormospore
  7. hormospores
  8. hormotomid
  9. hormotomids
  10. Hormoz
  11. Hormozgan

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