Definition of ascospore Ascospore
as•co•spore
We found 4 definitions of ascospore from 4 different sources.
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What does ascospore mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: ascospores |
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| ascospore - sexually produced fungal spore formed within an ascus | ||
| 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; "a sexual spore is formed after the fusion of gametes" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- ascospore (Noun)
A sexually produced spore from the ascus of an Ascomycetes fungus.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- ascospore (n.)
One of the spores contained in the asci of lichens and fungi. [See Illust. of Ascus.]
Part of speech
🔤- ascospore, noun, singular of ascospores.
