zygosperm

English

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for zygosperm in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Noun

zygosperm (plural zygosperms)

  1. (botany) A spore formed by the union of the contents of two similar cells, either of the same or of distinct individual plants. Zygosperms are found in certain orders of algæ and fungi.

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