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arthropomata |
arthropteris |
arthroscope |
arthroscopy |
arthrosis |
arthrospore
| arthrosporic
| arthrosporous
| arthrostraca
| arthrotome
| arthrozoic
arthrospore
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun arthrospore has 2 senses
- arthrospore(n = noun.plant) Array - a body that resembles a spore but is not an endospore; produced by some bacteria; Array is a kind of cell
- arthrospore(n = noun.plant) Array - one of a string of thick walled vegetative resting cells formed by some algae and fungi; Array is a kind of cell
Derived forms adjective arthrosporic1, adjective arthrosporous1
Derived form adjective arthrosporic1
CIDE DICTIONARY
arthrospore, n. [Gr. joint + E. spore.].
- A bacterial resting cell, -- formerly considered a spore, but now known to occur even in endosporous bacteria. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- one of the small conidia occurring arranged in chains in certain fungi. Called also
oidium . [PJC]
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