- pycniospore
- \\ˈpiknēə+ˌ-\ noun
Etymology: New Latin pycnium + English -o- + -spore: a haploid pycnial spore of a rust fungus that by fusion with a haploid hypha of opposite sex produces aecia and dikaryotic aeciospores — see pycnium
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/pik"nee euh spawr', -spohr'/, n. Mycol.the spore produced in a pycnium.[PYCNI(UM) + -o- + SPORE]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.