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unispores

unispores is the plural of unispore.

Meaning of unispore

Noun

unispore (plural unispores)

  1. An algal spore that develops within a unilocular sporangium.
    • Fletcher (1978) demonstrated that in Britain unispores from Ralfsia clavata developed into germlings that eventually produced blades identifiable as Petalonia fascia and that unispores from Microspongium gelatinosum ultimately produced narrow, terete thalli identifiable as Scytosiphon lomentaria.1984, Christopher S. Lobban, Michael James Wynne, The Biology of Seaweeds, University of California Press, page 71

Questions about unispores

What is unispores the plural of?
Unispores is the plural of unispore.

Words near unispores in the dictionary

  1. unispicular
  2. unispiculate
  3. unispinose
  4. unispiral
  5. unispore
  6. unispores
  7. unissuable
  8. unissued
  9. unistable
  10. unistratified
  11. unistratose

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