- tetraspore
- noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1846 one of the four haploid asexual spores developed meiotically in the red algae
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tétraspore — ● tétraspore nom féminin Chacune des quatre spores identiques issues de la réduction chromatique ou méiose, et dont la germination donnera un gamétophyte (prothalle) unisexué ou bisexué. tétraspore [tetʀaspɔʀ] n. f. ÉTYM. 1904; nom d une algue,… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Tetraspore — Tet ra*spore, n. [Tetra + spore.] (Bot.) A nonsexual spore, one of a group of four regularly occurring in red seaweeds. {Tet ra*spor ic}, a. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tetraspore — [te′trə spôr΄] n. Bot. any of the asexual algal spores produced in groups of four by meiosis in a tetrasporangium … English World dictionary
tetraspore — tetrasporic /te treuh spawr ik, spor /, tetrasporous /te treuh spawr euhs, spohr , ti tras peuhr /, adj. /te treuh spawr , spohr /, n. Bot. one of the four asexual spores produced within a tetrasporangium. [1855 60; TETRA + SPORE] * * * … Universalium
tetraspore — noun Any of the four, asexual spores produced by a sporangium … Wiktionary
tetraspore — tet·ra·spore (tetґrə spor) in fungi, one of the spores of a four spored basidium. Cf. dispore … Medical dictionary
tetraspore — tet·ra·spore … English syllables
tetraspore — tet•ra•spore [[t]ˈtɛ trəˌspɔr, ˌspoʊr[/t]] n. bot any of the four asexual spores produced by meiosis in red algae • Etymology: 1855–60 tet ra•spor′ic ˈspɔr ɪk, ˈspɒr tet•ra•spor•ous ˌtɛ trəˈspɔr əs, ˈspoʊr , tɪˈtræs pər adj … From formal English to slang
tetraspore — /ˈtɛtrəspɔ/ (say tetruhspaw) noun one of the four asexual spores produced within a tetrasporangium. –tetrasporic /tɛtrəˈspɒrɪk/ (say tetruh sporik), tetrasporous /tɛtrəˈspɔrəs/ (say tetruh spawruhs), /tɛˈtræspərəs/ (say te traspuhruhs), adjective …
tetraspore — noun one of the four asexual spores produced within a sporangium • Hypernyms: ↑spore … Useful english dictionary
