Subcentric

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Nearly or almost in the center of something; subcentral.
  2. 2
    Having or being a oospore in which the cytoplasm only partially surrounds the ooplast.

    "Oospores may be centric, subcentric, subeccentric or eccentric. Antheridial branches may or may not be present, and are androgynous, monoclinous, diclinous or hypogynous."

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"Oospores may be centric, subcentric, subeccentric or eccentric. Antheridial branches may or may not be present, and are androgynous, monoclinous, diclinous or hypogynous."

Etymology

From sub- + centric.

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