Definitions for oospore

oospore o·o·spore

Spelling: [oh-uh-spawr, -spohr]
IPA: /ˈoʊ əˌspɔr, -ˌspoʊr/

Oospore is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 99 anagrams from letters in oospore (eoooprs).

Definitions for oospore

noun

  1. a fertilized egg within an oogonium.

Origin of oospore

First recorded in 1860-65; oo- + -spore

Examples for oospore

This oospore, or resting spore, may remain dormant in this state within the tissues of the foster plant for some months.

The product of the union of an antherozoid and an oosphere is termed an oospore.

After the production of this oospore the parent filament gradually loses its vitality and slowly decays.

The oospore becomes an oosporangium, and from it at least a hundred germinating bodies are at length expelled.

Reproduction from an oospore formed by the combination of two sexual cells.

The oospore on germination usually gives origin to a zoosporangium, but may form directly a germ tube which infects the host.

Word Value for oospore
Scrable

9

Words with friends

10

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