Endosporous
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Endosporous is an adjective meaning (botany) Bearing spores contained in a case (a sporophore); applied to fungi or eukaryotes.
Meaning
(botany) Bearing spores contained in a case (a sporophore); applied to fungi or eukaryotes.
Example Sentences
With the exception of three species belonging to the order Ceratiomyxales which bear spores externally and are termed exosporous, all other Myxomycetes are endosporous. The latter bear spores within sporophores.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include angiosporous, sporophorous, sporophoric, thecasporous, sporiferous, sporidiferous.
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