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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

endosporous en · ADJ

Etymology

From endospore + -ous.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Bearing spores contained in a case (a sporophore); applied to fungi or eukaryotes.
    • 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. 2012, (Please provide the book title or journal name):