zygospore Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a plant spore formed by two similar sexual cells

WordNet


Zyg"o*spore noun
Etymology
Gr. a yoke + E. spore.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) (a) Same as Zygosperm. (b) A spore formed by the union of several zoöspores; -- called also zygozoöspore.

Webster 1913