oospore

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After impregnation the fertilized oosphere immediately surrounds itself with a cell-wall and becomes the oospore which by a process of growth forms the embryo of the new plant.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 by Various

But the asexual generation derived from the oospore only for a short while remains in connection with the prothallium, which, of course, answers to the leafy portion of the moss.

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

Moreover, as in the Peronospora, conjugation may take place and result in an oospore; the contents of which divide and are set free as monadiform germs.

From Discourses Biological and Geological Essays by Huxley, Thomas Henry

The oospore on germination usually gives origin to a zoosporangium, but may form directly a germ tube which infects the host.

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

Two separate portions of its protoplasm become fused together, surround themselves with a thick coat and give rise to a sort of vegetable egg called an oospore.

From Discourses Biological and Geological Essays by Huxley, Thomas Henry