akinete

noun

ak·​i·​nete

(ˈ)ā-ˈkī-ˌnēt,

ˈa-kə-

plural -s

in certain algae

: a thick-walled single-celled nonmotile asexual resting spore formed by the thickening of the parent cell wall, corresponding to the chlamydospore of many fungi, and usually germinating directly into a new filament see aplanospore

Word History

Etymology

Greek akinētos motionless, from a- a- entry 2 + kinētos moving, from kinein to move; akin to Greek kiein to go

First Known Use

1884, in the meaning defined above

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