Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A binucleate spore of a rust fungus, formed in a chainlike series in an aecium.
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- noun botany A
binucleate spore of arust fungus , formed in a chainlike series in anaecium .
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- noun spore of a rust fungus formed in an aecium
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[aeci(um) + spore.]
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aecium + spore
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hernesheir commented on the word aeciospore
Fungal spore (of the rusts) that forms in an aecium. So they are aecious in nature, I guess. (aeiou)
October 2, 2009