hormospore

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noun

A spore similar in origin to stylospores or teleutospores of fungi, colourless, dividing into cells, microgonidia, etc., with deliquescence of the mother cell, the microgonidia developing into heterocysts.

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Meanings

nounhormospore (plural hormospores)

plural hormospores

  1. biologyA spore similar in origin to stylospores or teleutospores of fungi, colourless, dividing into cells, microgonidia, etc., with deliquescence of the mother cell, the microgonidia developing into heterocysts.
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APA

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

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

Chicago

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

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