Etymology

teleutospore

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Today it means: The thick-celled resting spore of the rusts (order Pucciniales). Full definition →

Ancient Greek τελευτή
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromτελευτή“end”
  2. English todayteleutospore

From Ancient Greek τελευτή (teleutḗ, “end”) + spore.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekτελευτή all →

teleutostatic

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