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androspore

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[an-druh-spawr, -spohr] / ˈæn drəˌspɔr, -ˌspoʊr /

noun

Botany.

  1. the zoospore of certain algae that develops into a small male plant producing antherozoids.

Etymology

Origin of androspore

First recorded in 1860–65; andro- + spore

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