Usually means: Reproductive spore of ascomycete fungi.
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  1. ascospore: Merriam-Webster
  2. ascospore: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. ascospore: Collins English Dictionary
  4. ascospore: Vocabulary.com
  5. ascospore: Wordnik
  6. ascospore: Wiktionary
  7. ascospore: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. ascospore: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. ascospore: Dictionary.com
  10. Ascospore: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Ascospore: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. ascospore: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. ascospore: Rhymezone
  14. Ascospore: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. ascospore: FreeDictionary.org
  16. ascospore: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. ascospore: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. ascospore: Merriam-Webster

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  1. ascospore: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. ascospore: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. ascospore: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (ascospore)

▸ noun:  (biology) A sexually produced spore from the ascus of an Ascomycetes fungus

Similar:
ascocarp, blastospore, ascomycete, asexual spore, ascogonium, sporidium, spore fruit, sporocyst, ascogeny, ascogenesis, more...

Opposite:
basidiospore, conidiospore, teliospore

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Similar:
ascocarp, blastospore, ascomycete, asexual spore, ascogonium, sporidium, spore fruit, sporocyst, ascogeny, ascogenesis, more...

Opposite:
basidiospore, conidiospore, teliospore



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