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cryptospore

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A sporelike organic-walled microfossil (palynomorph) that most typically occurs in tightly adherent tetrads or dyads, which is considered to be derived from early land plants (embryophyte) or their immediate algal (streptophyte) ancestors.

Equivalents

Portuguêscriptósporo

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

cryptosporidiosis cryptosporidium cryptosporopsin cryptostictic acid cryptostigmin cryptostome

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