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oospores

oospores is the plural of oospore.

Meaning of oospore

Noun

oospore (plural oospores)

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

Questions about oospores

What is oospores the plural of?
Oospores is the plural of oospore.

Words near oospores in the dictionary

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

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