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Zygospore

A zygosperm.

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noun
  1. 1

    A zygosperm.

  2. 2

    A spore formed by the union of several zoospores.

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zygospherenoun(botany) A plant's gamete which can form a zygospore by uniting with a similar one.
zygophorenoun(mycology) A specialized hyphal branch giving rise to isogametes that unite to produce a zygospore
zygozoosporenoun(botany) A spore formed by the union of several zoospores.
zygospermnoun(botany) A spore formed by the union of the contents of two similar cells, either of the same or of distinct individual plants. They are found in certain orders of algae and fungi.
azygosporenounAn agametic zygospore.
zygosporangiumnoun(mycology) A sporangium which produces a single zygospore.
zygotosporenoun(biology) A zygotic spore of some red algae
zygophytenoun(botany, obsolete) Any plant of a formerly proposed class or grand division (Zygophytes, Zygophyta, or Zygosporeae), in which reproduction consists in the union of two similar cells.
sporangiosporenounA spore produced by a sporangium (in many fungi, such as zygomycetes).
spermatozoonnoun(cytology) A reproductive cell or gamete of a male, carried in semen, that fertilizes an ovum to produce a zygote.
megazoosporangenoun(biology) A sporangium that contains megazoospores
zoosporangiumnoun(botany) A sporangium, or conceptacle containing or producing zoospores.
zoösporangiumnounAlternative spelling of zoosporangium. [(botany) A sporangium, or conceptacle containing or producing zoospores.]
zygonemanoun(biology) The zygotene stage of meiosis.
zygomycetenoun(biology) An organism of the phylum Zygomycota.
merosporangiumnoun(mycology) A cylindrical sporangiolum found in zygomycetes.
megazoosporenoun(biology) A relatively large algal zoospore
sporozoidnoun(archaic) A sporozoan.
zoösporenounAlternative spelling of zoospore. [A motile asexual spore of some algae and fungi]
zoogonidiumnounA gonidium that contains spores

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