oospore

/ˈoʊəˌspɔər/
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Definitions of oospore
  1. noun
    a thick-walled sexual spore that develops from a fertilized oosphere in some algae and fungi
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    spore
    a small usually single-celled asexual reproductive body produced by many nonflowering plants and fungi and some bacteria and protozoans and that are capable of developing into a new individual without sexual fusion
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