Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ascospore

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: as-cospore
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sexually produced spore from the ascus of an Ascomycetes fungus

Etymology

By surface analysis, asco- + spore.

Inflected Forms

ascospores (plural)

Derived Forms

ascosporogenesis ascosporogenic monoascospore

Questions

What does ascospore mean?: A sexually produced spore from the ascus of an Ascomycetes fungus
Where does ascospore come from?: By surface analysis, asco- + spore.

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