carpospore

[kahr-puh-spawr, -spohr]

noun

1. a nonmotile spore of the red algae.

carpospore

/ ˈkɑːpəʊˌspɔː /

noun

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

Other Word Forms

• carposporic adjective
• carposporous adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of carpospore¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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The plants that bear them are usually stouter that the non-sexual ones, and the masses of ripe carpospores are large enough to be readily seen with the naked eye.

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