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oospore

oospore noun: a fertilized female zygote, having thick chitinous walls, that develops from a fertilized oosphere in some algae and fungi.

Noun

oospore (plural oospores)

  1. A fertilized female zygote, having thick chitinous walls, that develops from a fertilized oosphere in some algae and fungi

oospore meaning in Tamil

oospore in Tamil

முட்டைவித்தி

Forms of oospore

pluraloospores

Origin of oospore

From oo- + spore.

Words formed from oospore

Questions about oospore

What does oospore mean?
Oospore means a fertilized female zygote, having thick chitinous walls, that develops from a fertilized oosphere in some algae and fungi.
What is oospore in Tamil?
Oospore in Tamil is முட்டைவித்தி. See Oospore meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is oospore?
Oospore is a noun.
What is the plural of oospore?
The plural of oospore is oospores.

Words near oospore in the dictionary

  1. oospheres
  2. oosporange
  3. oosporanges
  4. oosporangia
  5. oosporangium
  6. oospore
  7. oosporein
  8. oospores
  9. oosporic
  10. oosporiferous
  11. oosporogenesis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: oospore (page history and authors); oospore (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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