aboospore
English
Etymology
ab- (“away”) + oospore (“zygote”)
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /æ.boʊ.əˌspɔɹ/
Noun
aboospore (uncountable)
- (biology) An oomycete spore that functions like an oospore but has been produced asexually.[1]
References
- Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 5