ARTHROSPORE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of a string of thick walled vegetative resting cells formed by some algae and fungi

Classified under:

Hypernyms ("arthrospore" is a kind of...):

cell ((biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals)

Derivation:

arthrosporic (of or relating to arthrospores)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A body that resembles a spore but is not an endospore; produced by some bacteria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants