| ASCOSPORES | • ascospores n. Plural of ascospore. • ASCOSPORE n. one of the spores contained in the asci of lichens and fungi. |
| AUTOSPORES | • autospores n. Plural of autospore. • AUTOSPORE n. a nonmotile algal spore. |
| AUXOSPORES | • auxospores n. Plural of auxospore. • AUXOSPORE n. a diatom cell before its siliceous wall is formed. |
| ENDOSPORES | • endospores n. Plural of endospore. • ENDOSPORE n. the thin inner coat of certain spores. |
| EXTEMPORES | • extempores n. Plural of extempore. • ex␣tempores n. Plural of ex tempore. • EXTEMPORE n. (Latin) an impromptu speech etc. |
| MADREPORES | • madrepores n. Plural of madrepore. • MADREPORE n. a coral of the common reef-building type, occurring esp. in tropical seas. |
| MEGASPORES | • megaspores n. Plural of megaspore. • MEGASPORE n. the larger of the two types of spore produced by some ferns, which develops into the female gametophyte. |
| MEIOSPORES | • meiospores n. Plural of meiospore. • MEIOSPORE n. a haploid spore. |
| MICROPORES | • micropores n. Plural of micropore. • MICROPORE n. a very small pore. |
| MILLEPORES | • millepores n. Plural of millepore. • MILLEPORE n. any of a group or order of colonial hydrozoans. |
| NULLIPORES | • nullipores n. Plural of nullipore. • NULLIPORE n. (Latin) any of various red algae which secrete a crust of calcium carbonate. |
| PALAMPORES | • palampores n. Plural of palampore. • PALAMPORE n. a flowered chintz bedcover common in Asia, also PALEMPORE. |
| PALEMPORES | • palempores n. Plural of palempore. • PALEMPORE n. a flowered chintz bedcover common in Asia, also PALAMPORE. |
| PHONOPORES | • phonopores n. Plural of phonopore. • PHONOPORE n. a kind of sound-conducting apparatus. |
| ZYGOSPORES | • zygospores n. Plural of zygospore. • ZYGOSPORE n. a spore formed by union of two similar cells, also ZYGOSPERM. |