Definition of Tetraspore

1. Noun. One of the four asexual spores produced within a sporangium.

Generic synonyms: Spore

Definition of Tetraspore

1. n. A nonsexual spore, one of a group of four regularly occurring in red seaweeds.

Definition of Tetraspore

1. Noun. (biology) Any of the four, asexual spores produced by a sporangium ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tetraspore

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Tetraspore

1. A nonsexual spore, one of a group of four regularly occurring in red seaweeds. Tetraspor"ic. Origin: Tetra- + spore. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tetraspore

tetrasilicides
tetrasiloxane
tetrasiloxanes
tetrasilver
tetraskele
tetraskelion
tetrasodium
tetrasodium pyrophosphate
tetrasomic
tetraspan
tetraspanin
tetraspanins
tetraspans
tetrasporangium
tetraspores
tetrasporic
tetraster
tetrastich
tetrastichiasis
tetrastichs
tetrastyle
tetrasubstituted
tetrasulfide
tetrasulfides
tetrasulfur
tetrasulfur tetranitride
tetrasulphur
tetrasulphur tetranitride

Literary usage of Tetraspore

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Phycologia Australica; or, A history of Australian seaweeds by William Henry Harvey (1863)
"... (which I have not seen) solitary, immersed in the ends of the forks of thc pinnules. tetraspore» forming long sori, immersed in the substance of the ..."

2. The Micrographic Dictionary: A Guide to the Examination and Investigation of by John William Griffith, Arthur Henfrey (1883)
"... b, spores ; c, a tetraspore ; d, capsule ; e, branch with coccidia. в. ... a, nat. size; b, magnified 10 diam. ; c, tetraspore. ..."

3. Investigations representing the departments by University of Chicago, E.F. Young, John Dewey (1903)
"In the tetraspore mother-cell of Dictyota, Mottier (23) found comparatively large and somewhat elongated centrosomes. These bodies divide and, ..."

4. A Text-book of Botany for Secondary Schools by John Merle Coulter (1906)
"... multiply the plant; and the life-history may be indicated as follows, P designating the ordinary plant body: P—tetraspore—P— ..."

5. A Text-book of Botany for Secondary Schools by John Merle Coulter (1910)
"... multiply the plant; and the life-history may be indicated as follows, P designating the ordinary plant body: P—tetraspore—P— ..."

6. A Course of Practical Instruction in Botany by Frederick Orpen Bower (1891)
"That each undergoes a division into four, hence the term " tetraspore." 5. ... Though the term " tetraspore" is strictly applicable in this case, ..."

7. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1905)
"... the desmids and Spirogyra may indicate divisions concerned with reduction phenomena similar to those in the tetraspore mother-cells of Dictyota (which ..."

8. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"... that the tetraspore formation should be ... From this it would «^s that in this plant reduction takes place in the tetraspore mother- cell, ..."

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