ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈspōrēˌē noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from International Scientific Vocabulary teliospore
in some classifications : a subclass of fungi (class Basidiomycetes) including the rusts and smuts (orders Uredinales and Ustilaginales) and characterized by the production of a teliospore or a comparable body in which the diploid nucleus is produced — compare eubasidiae , heterobasidiae