oosphere
an unfertilized egg within an oogonium.
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How to use oosphere in a sentence
The protoplasm in one of these protuberances arranges itself into a round mass--the oosphere or female cell.
Mycelium present, antheridia with antherozoids, oogonium with single oosphere: Monoblepharidaceae.
Oogonium with the central uninucleate oosphere and the fertilizing tube (a) of the antheridium which introduces the male nucleus.
The product of the union of an antherozoid and an oosphere is termed an oospore.
British Dictionary definitions for oosphere
/ (ˈəʊəˌsfɪə) /
a large female gamete produced in the oogonia of algae and fungi
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Scientific definitions for oosphere
[ ō′ə-sfîr′ ]
A large nonmotile female gamete formed in an oogonium, such as the eggs formed in the oogonium of an oomycete.
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