Teleutospore

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The thick-celled resting spore of the rusts (order Pucciniales).

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τελευτή (teleutḗ, “end”) + spore.

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