Definitions for endospore

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endospore en·do·spore

Spelling: [en-duh-spawr, -spohr]

IPA: /ˈɛn dəˌspɔr, -ˌspoʊr/

Endospore is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 390 anagrams from letters in endospore (deenooprs).

Definitions for endospore

noun

1. Botany, Mycology. the inner coat of a spore. Compare intine.
2. Bacteriology. a spore formed within a cell of a rod-shaped organism.

Origin of endospore

First recorded in 1870-75; endo- + spore

Examples for endospore

When the spore is coloured, the external membrane alone appears to possess colour, the endospore being constantly hyaline.