imperfect stage

American  

noun

Mycology.

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

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Etymology

Origin of imperfect stage

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

Jesus said that an important revelation to man was halted at an imperfect stage because of the hardness of men's hearts.

From Understanding the Scriptures by McConnell, Francis John

For they bear, deeply stamped upon them, the impression of the imperfect stage of revelation to which the psalm belongs, and are tied to form in a manner which we ought not to be.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Psalms by Maclaren, Alexander