carpospore

Noun

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Noun (1)

  1. a nonmotile spore of red algaeType of sporePart of red algae
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Car′po·spore noun

Origin: Gr. καρπός + -spore.

Botany A kind of spore formed in the conceptacles of red algæ. — Car′wb-a2′>′po·spor′wb-a1′>′ic (…), adjective

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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