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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a thick-walled sexual spore that develops from a fertilized oosphere in some algae and fungi

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1865 a spore (as of a fungus) produced by heterogamous fertilization

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Oospore O"["o]*spore, n. [Gr. ? an egg + ? a seed.] (Bot.) (a) A special kind of spore resulting from the fertilization of an o["o]sphere by antherozoids. (b) A fertilized o["o]sphere in the ovule of a flowering plant.