1 autospore | Definition of autospore

autospore

noun
au·​to·​spore
plural -s

Definition of autospore

: one of the daughter cells formed by the internal division of a single cell especially in such unicellular algae as members of the order Chroococcales and duplicating in miniature the parent cell

History and Etymology for autospore

aut- + -spore

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