chlamydospore

n.
A thick-walled, asexual fungal spore that is derived from a hyphal cell and can function as a resting spore.

[Latin chlamys, chlamyd-, mantle; see chlamys + SPORE.]

A thick-walled intercalary or terminal asexual fungal spore formed by the rounding-up of a cell; it is not shed. Formed by differentiation of hyphae; seen in Candida and Histoplasma spp.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: thick-walled asexual resting spore of certain fungi and algae

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