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