chlamydospore

[ kluh-mid-uh-spawr, -spohr ]

noun

1. a thick-walled, asexual, resting spore of certain fungi and algae.

chlamydospore

/ kləˈmɪdəˌspɔː /

noun

1. a thick-walled asexual spore of many fungi: capable of surviving adverse conditions

Word History and Origins

Origin of chlamydospore¹

1880–85; < Greek chlamyd- (stem of chlamýs ) chlamys + -o- + -spore