Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unispore

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: unis-pore
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An algal spore that develops within a unilocular sporangium.

Example Sentences

"Fletcher (1978) demonstrated that in Britain unispores from Ralfsia clavata developed into germlings that eventually produced blades identifiable as Petalonia fascia and that unispores from Microspongium gelatinosum ultimately produced narrow, terete thalli identifiable as Scytosiphon lomentaria."
"Culture studies of Newfoundland Acrothrix revealed an asexual, heteromorphic, monophasic life history which includes a unispore-producing macrothallus and a recycling, plurispore-producing microthallus."
"The plurispores and unispores produced by the erect thalli at 10 degrees C under SD conditions once again developed into new prostrate thalli."

Etymology

From uni- + spore.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: uni

Inflected Forms

unispores (plural)

Antonyms

plurispore

Questions

What does unispore mean?: An algal spore that develops within a unilocular sporangium.
Where does unispore come from?: From uni- + spore.

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