ZYGOSPORE


Meaning of ZYGOSPORE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈzī-gə-ˌspȯr ]

noun

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary

Date: 1864

: a thick-walled spore of some algae and fungi that is formed by union of two similar sexual cells, usually serves as a resting spore, and produces the sporophytic phase

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