ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Sporid

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Sporid is a noun meaning (chiefly botany) A sporidium.

Meaning

(chiefly botany) A sporidium.

Example Sentences

As the sporids originating from Micrococcus of sheep-pox develop, according to Hallier, in the air to a Cladosporium […]
Further North, where it [sc. rust] first attacks the barberry its primary form and color is a yellow cup-cell, which matures and sends out spores which attack the wheat by penetrating into its tissue, as the sporid did the brier, and produce the red, globular cell.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sporidium, sporozoid, sporont, sporophyll, sporidesm, sporulator.

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