cryptospore

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noun

A sporelike organic-walled microfossil (palynomorph) that most typically occurs in tightly adherent tetrads or dyads, which is considered to be derived from early land plants (embryophyte) or their immediate algal (streptophyte) ancestors.

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Meanings

nouncryptospore (plural cryptospores)

plural cryptospores

  1. A sporelike organic-walled microfossil (palynomorph) that most typically occurs in tightly adherent tetrads or dyads, which is considered to be derived from early land plants (embryophyte) or their immediate algal (streptophyte) ancestors.

Translations

Portuguese criptósporo
  • criptósporospore
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APA

cryptospore. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cryptospore

MLA

“cryptospore.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cryptospore. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cryptospore,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cryptospore.

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