Definition of "oospores" [oospores]

• Plural form of oospore. (noun)

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• "Pringsheim described the true sexual propagation by oospores, with such minuteness and accuracy that our knowledge of the plant can scarcely be said to have essentially increased since that time."
• "Carpenter calls it, in distinction from the true sexual spores, which he terms "oospores.""
• "_Vaucheria_ has, however, a second and far higher mode of reproduction, viz., by means of fertilized cells, the true oospores, which, lying dormant as resting spores during the winter, are endowed with new life by the rejuvenating influences of spring."