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oosphere

[oh-uh-sfeer] / ˈoʊ əˌsfɪər /
NOUN
ovum
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The product of the union of an antherozoid and an oosphere is termed an oospore.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886 by Various

Down this canal pass one or more antherozoids, which become absorbed into the oosphere, and this then secretes a wall, and from it grows the second or asexual generation.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886 by Various

In Coleochæte, the male cell is a round spermatozoid, and the female cell an oosphere contained in the base of a cell which is elongated into an open and hair-like tube called the trichogyne.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886 by Various

We thus have a process of “multiple fertilization”; the oosphere really represents a large number of undifferentiated gametes and has been termed a coenogamete.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various

The oogonia, unlike the Peronosporaceae, contain more than one oosphere.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various