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teliospore

[tee-lee-uh-spawr, -spohr, tel-ee-]

noun

Mycology.
  1. a spore of certain rust fungi, which carries the fungus through the winter and which, on germination, produces the promycelium.



teliospore

/ ˈپːɪəˌɔː /

noun

  1. Also called: teleutospore.any of the dark noninfective spores that are produced in each telium of the rust fungi and remain dormant during the winter

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • teliosporic adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of teliospore1

1870–75; telio- (combining form of telium ) + -spore
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of teliospore1

C20: from telium + spore

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Telidontelium