chlamydospore

[ kluh-mid-uh-spawr, -spohr ]
/ kləˈmɪd əˌspɔr, -ˌspoʊr /

noun

a thick-walled, asexual, resting spore of certain fungi and algae.

Origin of chlamydospore

1880–85; < Greek chlamyd- (stem of chlamýs) chlamys + -o- + -spore

British Dictionary definitions for chlamydospore

chlamydospore
/ (kləˈmɪdəˌspɔː) /

noun

a thick-walled asexual spore of many fungi: capable of surviving adverse conditions