tetraspore
[ te-truh-spawr, -spohr ]
/ ˈtɛ trəˌspɔr, -ˌspoʊr /
noun Botany.
one of the four asexual spores produced within a tetrasporangium.
OTHER WORDS FROM tetraspore
tet·ra·spor·ic [te-truh-spawr-ik, -spor-] /ˌtɛ trəˈspɔr ɪk, -ˈspɒr-/, tet·ra·spor·ous [te-truh-spawr-uh s, -spohr-, ti-tras-per-] /ˌtɛ trəˈspɔr əs, -ˈspoʊr-, tɪˈtræs pər-/, adjectiveWords nearby tetraspore
tetrapylon,
tetrarch,
tetrasaccharide,
tetrasomic,
tetrasporangium,
tetraspore,
tetrastich,
tetrastichous,
tetrastyle,
tetrasyllable,
tetratomic
Example sentences from the Web for tetraspore
The tetraspore is also sometimes contained in a conceptacle.
Sea-Weeds, Shells and Fossils |Peter Gray
British Dictionary definitions for tetraspore
tetraspore
/ (ˈtɛtrəˌspɔː) /
noun
any of the asexual spores that are produced in groups of four in the sporangium (tetrasporangium) of any of the red algae