ZOOSPORE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does zoospore mean? 

• ZOOSPORE (noun)
  The noun ZOOSPORE has 1 sense:

1. an asexual spore of some algae and fungi that moves by means of flagella

  Familiarity information: ZOOSPORE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ZOOSPORE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An asexual spore of some algae and fungi that moves by means of flagella

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("zoospore" is a kind of...):

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)

 Context examples 

Pathogen zoospores germinate on the surface of liverworts and eventually colonise the liverwort tissues, but in some areas we saw an accumulation of a purple/red pigment in the liverwort tissues where the pathogen was rarely detected, said Dr Philip Carella, lead author of the study.

(Ancient defence strategy continues to protect plants from pathogens, University of Cambridge)