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teleutospore

British  
/ tɪˈluːtəˌspɔː /

noun

  1. another name for teliospore

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • teleutosporic adjective

Etymology

Origin of teleutospore

C19: from Greek teleutē, from telos end + spore

Example Sentences

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Before the teleutospore reaches maturity the nuclei fuse, and the uninucleate condition then continues again until aecidium formation.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various

The teleutospore, with the sporidia which arise from it, is always present, and the division into genera is based chiefly on its characters.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various

The teleutospore stages of species of Puccinia, Phragmidium, etc., are also so deep in colour as to appear almost black.

From Disease in Plants by Ward, H. Marshall

There is also a further reduction in that the basidium is not derived from a teleutospore but is borne directly on the mycelium.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various

It is a summer stage preceding the teleutospore, or winter stage.

From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section T, U, V, and W by Project Gutenberg