imperfect stage

noun

, Mycology.

1. a phase in the life cycle of certain fungi in which either no spores or asexual spores, as conidia, are produced.

Word History and Origins

Origin of imperfect stage¹

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

Palontology, which seemed to support this theory in its more imperfect stage, has since completely refuted it.

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Commonwealths and despotisms, representing a more imperfect stage of political growth, achieved completion and decayed.

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Potentiality is not mere capacity; it is being in an undeveloped, imperfect stage.

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