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Accusative
adjective · 78% connection
Applied to the case (as the fourth case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses the immediate object on which the action or influenc…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spores, contained, case, applied, fungi.
Angiosporous
adjective · 78% connection
Having spores contained in cells or thecae, as in the case of some fungi.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spores, contained, case, applied, fungi.
Applicable
adjective · 78% connection
Capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance; as, this observation is applicable to the case under consid…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spores, contained, case, applied, fungi.
Ascospore
noun · 78% connection
One of the spores contained in the asci of lichens and fungi. [See Illust. of Ascus.]
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spores, contained, case, applied, fungi.
Basidium
noun · 78% connection
A special oblong or pyriform cell, with slender branches, which bears the spores in that division of fungi called Basidiomycetes, of w…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spores, contained, case, applied, fungi.
Benzene
noun · 78% connection
A volatile, very inflammable liquid, C6H6, contained in the naphtha produced by the destructive distillation of coal, from which it is…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spores, contained, case, applied, fungi.
Bird's-nest fungus
noun · 78% connection
any of various fungi of the family Nidulariaceae having a cup-shaped body containing several egg-shaped structure enclosing the spores
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spores, contained, case, applied, fungi.
Blight
noun · 78% connection
Mildew; decay; anything nipping or blasting; -- applied as a general name to various injuries or diseases of plants, causing the whole…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spores, contained, case, applied, fungi.
Brand spore
unknown · 78% connection
One of several spores growing in a series or chain, and produced by one of the fungi called brand.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spores, contained, case, applied, fungi.
Carrion fungus
noun · 78% connection
any of various ill-smelling brown-capped fungi of the order Phallales; "the foul smell of the stinkhorn attracts insects that carry th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spores, contained, case, applied, fungi.
Cartridge
noun · 78% connection
A complete charge for a firearm, contained in, or held together by, a case, capsule, or shell of metal, pasteboard, or other material.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spores, contained, case, applied, fungi.
Case
noun · 78% connection
A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridg…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spores, contained, case, applied, fungi.
Conjugation
noun · 78% connection
A kind of sexual union; -- applied to a blending of the contents of two or more cells or individuals in some plants and lower animals,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spores, contained, case, applied, fungi.
Cryptogam
noun · 78% connection
formerly recognized taxonomic group including all flowerless and seedless plants that reproduce by means of spores: ferns, mosses, alg…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spores, contained, case, applied, fungi.
Cubical
adjective · 78% connection
Having the form or properties of a cube; contained, or capable of being contained, in a cube.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spores, contained, case, applied, fungi.
Cystic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or contained in, a cyst; esp., pertaining to, or contained in, either the urinary bladder or the gall bladder.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spores, contained, case, applied, fungi.
Fruit
verb · 78% connection
The spore cases or conceptacles of flowerless plants, as of ferns, mosses, algae, etc., with the spores contained in them.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spores, contained, case, applied, fungi.
Gasteromycetes
n. pl. · 78% connection
An order of fungi, in which the spores are borne inside a sac called the peridium, as in the puffballs.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: spores, contained, case, applied, fungi.
