plasmatoparous, a. Bot.
(plæzməˈtɒpərəs)
[f. Gr. πλάσµα, πλασµατο- (see plasma) + L. -parus producing (see -parous).]
Applied to a mode of germination in certain fungi: see quot.
| 1887 Garnsey & Balfour De Bary's Fungi Explan. Terms 498/1 In Peronosporeae: forms are plasmatoparous when in germination the whole protoplasm of a gonidium issues as a spherical mass which at once becomes invested with a membrane and then puts out a germ tube. |