| BALLISTOSPORES | • ballistospores n. Plural of ballistospore. • BALLISTOSPORE n. a spore, esp. a fungal spore, that is forcefully ejected from its source. |
| BASIDIOSPOROUS | • BASIDIOSPOROUS adj. of or like a basidiospore, a spore produced by a basidium. |
| CEPHALOSPORINS | • cephalosporins n. Plural of cephalosporin. • CEPHALOSPORIN n. any of a group of wide-spectrum antibiotics derived from the fungus Cephalosporin. |
| CHLAMYDOSPORES | • chlamydospores n. Plural of chlamydospore. • CHLAMYDOSPORE n. a thick-walled usually resting fungal spore. |
| COSPONSORSHIPS | • cosponsorships n. Plural of cosponsorship. • COSPONSORSHIP n. the state of being a cosponsor. |
| CRYPTOSPORIDIA | • cryptosporidia n. Plural of cryptosporidium. • CRYPTOSPORIDIUM n. any of a genus of protozoans parasitic in the gut of vertebrates including humans and sometimes causing diarrhea. |
| MACROSPORANGIA | • macrosporangia n. Plural of macrosporangium. • MACROSPORANGIUM n. a sporangium producing only megaspores. |
| MICROSPORANGIA | • microsporangia n. Plural of microsporangium. • MICROSPORANGIUM n. the sporangium in heterosporous plants where the microspores develop. |
| MICROSPORIDIAN | • microsporidian n. Any of many parasites, of the class Microsporidia, considered to be fungi or close relatives of fungi. • MICROSPORIDIAN adj. relating to a class of small parasites. |
| MICROSPOROCYTE | • microsporocyte n. (Biology) A cell that produces (typically four) microspores during meiosis. • MICROSPOROCYTE n. a microspore mother cell. |
| PARTHENOSPORES | • PARTHENOSPORE n. a thick-walled spore produced by parthenogenesis in certain algae and fungi. |
| PYCNIDIOSPORES | • pycnidiospores n. Plural of pycnidiospore. • PYCNIDIOSPORE n. a conidium produced in a pycnidium, also PYCNOSPORE. |
| SPORANGIOSPORE | • sporangiospore n. A spore produced by a sporangium (in many fungi, such as zygomycetes). • SPORANGIOSPORE n. a spore developed in a sporangium. |
| UREDINIOSPORES | • urediniospores n. Plural of urediniospore. • UREDINIOSPORE n. the thin-walled summer spore which is produced during the so-called Uredo stage of certain rusts, also UREDIOSPORE, UREDOSPORE. |