| AECIDIOSPORES | • AECIDIOSPORE n. a spore produced in an aecidium. |
| ARTHROSPOROUS | • arthrosporous adj. Relating to arthrospores. • ARTHROSPOROUS adj. of or like an arthrospore, also ARTHROSPORIC. |
| BALLISTOSPORE | • ballistospore n. (Mycology) A spore that is ejected or shot off. • BALLISTOSPORE n. a spore, esp. a fungal spore, that is forcefully ejected from its source. |
| BASIDIOSPORES | • basidiospores n. Plural of basidiospore. • BASIDIOSPORE n. a spore produced by a basidium. |
| CEPHALOSPORIN | • cephalosporin n. Any of a class of natural and synthetic antibiotics developed from Acremonium fungi, having a cepham structure. • CEPHALOSPORIN n. any of a group of wide-spectrum antibiotics derived from the fungus Cephalosporin. |
| CHLAMYDOSPORE | • chlamydospore n. A thick-walled spore that is the resting stage of some bacteria. • CHLAMYDOSPORE n. a thick-walled usually resting fungal spore. |
| CONIDIOSPORES | • conidiospores n. Plural of conidiospore. • CONIDIOSPORE n. a conidium. |
| COSPONSORSHIP | • cosponsorship n. Joint sponsorship by more than one party. • COSPONSORSHIP n. the state of being a cosponsor. |
| CYCLOSPORINES | • cyclosporines n. Plural of cyclosporine. • CYCLOSPORINE n. an immunosuppressive drug used in organ transplants, also CYCLOSPORIN. |
| HETEROSPORIES | • HETEROSPORY n. the production of microspores and megaspores, as in seed plants. |
| HETEROSPOROUS | • heterosporous adj. (Botany, of an organism) Producing both male and female gametophytes. • HETEROSPOROUS adj. producing two different sizes or kinds of spores. |
| ISOSPONDYLOUS | • isospondylous adj. (Zoology) Of or pertaining to the Isospondyli. • isospondylous adj. (Zoology) Having the anterior vertebrae separate and normal. • ISOSPONDYLOUS adj. of, relating to, or belonging to the Isospondyli, an order of soft-finned teleost fishes that includes the herring, salmon, trout, and pike. |
| PARTHENOSPORE | • PARTHENOSPORE n. a thick-walled spore produced by parthenogenesis in certain algae and fungi. |
| PITYROSPORUMS | • PITYROSPORUM n. a yeastlike fungus which can cause pityriasis. |
| PYCNIDIOSPORE | • pycnidiospore n. A spore from a pycnidium. • PYCNIDIOSPORE n. a conidium produced in a pycnidium, also PYCNOSPORE. |
| TELEUTOSPORES | • teleutospores n. Plural of teleutospore. • TELEUTOSPORE n. a thick-walled winter spore of the rust fungi, producing a promycelium on germination. |
| TELEUTOSPORIC | • teleutosporic adj. Relating to teleutospores. • TELEUTOSPORIC adj. of or like a teleutospore, a thick-walled winter spore of the rust fungi. |
| UREDINIOSPORE | • urediniospore n. (Botany) A spore produced by a uredinium. • UREDINIOSPORE n. the thin-walled summer spore which is produced during the so-called Uredo stage of certain rusts, also UREDIOSPORE, UREDOSPORE. |
| ZOOSPORANGIAL | • zoosporangial adj. Of or pertaining to zoosporangia. • ZOOSPORANGIAL adj. relating to zoosporangia. |
| ZOOSPORANGIUM | • zoosporangium n. (Botany) A sporangium, or conceptacle containing or producing zoospores. • zoösporangium n. Alternative spelling of zoosporangium. • ZOOSPORANGIUM n. a spore case or sporangium bearing zoospores. |