Chlamydospore

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A thick-walled spore that is the resting stage of some bacteria.
  2. 2
    thick-walled asexual resting spore of certain fungi and algae wordnet

Etymology

From chlamydo- + spore.

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