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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 bacteriaplay

2. one of a string of thick walled vegetative resting cells formed by some algae and fungiplay

  Familiarity information: ARTHROSPORE used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ARTHROSPORE (noun)


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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