Arthrosporic

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Arthrospore \Ar"thro*spore\, n. [Gr. ? joint + E. spore.]
     (Bacteriol.)
     1. A bacterial resting cell, -- formerly considered a spore,
        but now known to occur even in endosporous bacteria.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  


     2. one of the small conidia occurring arranged in chains in
        certain fungi. Called also {oidium}.
        [PJC] -- {Ar`thro*spor"ic}, {Ar*thros"po*rous}, a.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  arthrosporic \arthrosporic\ adj.
     1. 1 of or pertaining to an arthrospore[2].
  
     Syn: arthrosporous.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  arthrosporic
       adj : of or relating to arthrospores [syn: {arthrosporous}]