carpospore

American

[kahr-puh-spawr, -spohr] / ˈkɑr pəˌspɔr, -ˌspoʊr /

noun

a nonmotile spore of the red algae.

carpospore British

/ ˈkɑːpəʊˌspɔː /

noun

a sexual spore produced by red algae after fertilization of the carpogonium

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Other Word Forms

carposporic adjective
carposporous adjective

Etymology

Origin of carpospore

First recorded in 1880–85; carpo- ¹ + spore

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These latter are thus seen to be carpospores, comparable to those of Red Alg�, and to the ascospores of Ascomycetes.

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