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ARTHROSPORE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does arthrospore mean?
• ARTHROSPORE (noun)
The noun ARTHROSPORE has 2 senses:
1. a body that resembles a spore but is not an endospore; produced by some bacteria
2. one of a string of thick walled vegetative resting cells formed by some algae and fungi
Familiarity information: ARTHROSPORE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A body that resembles a spore but is not an endospore; produced by some bacteria
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("arthrospore" is a kind of...):
cell ((biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals)
Derivation:
arthrosporic; arthrosporous (of or relating to arthrospores)
Sense 2
Meaning:
One of a string of thick walled vegetative resting cells formed by some algae and fungi
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("arthrospore" is a kind of...):
cell ((biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals)
Derivation:
arthrosporic (of or relating to arthrospores)
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