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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

/ ˈtiːlɪəˌspɔː /

noun

  1. any of the dark noninfective spores that are produced in each telium of the rust fungi and remain dormant during the winter Also calledteleutospore
“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 Words From

  • teli·o·sporic adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of teliospore1

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

Origin of teliospore1

C20: from telium + spore

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