Oospore

(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:35:23

O"o*spore (?), n. [Gr. an egg + a seed.] Bot. (a)

A special kind of spore resulting from the fertilization of an oosphere by antherozoids.

(b)

A fertilized oosphere in the ovule of a flowering plant.

 

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