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apospory
[ ap-uh-spawr-ee, -spohr-ee, uh-pos-puh-ree ]
/ ˈæp əˌspɔr i, -ˌspoʊr i, əˈpɒs pə ri /
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noun Botany.
the development of a gametophyte from a sporophyte without meiosis.
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OTHER WORDS FROM apospory
ap·o·spor·ic [ap-uh-spawr-ik, -spor-], /ˌæp əˈspɔr ɪk, -ˈspɒr-/, a·pos·por·ous [uh-pos-per-uhs, ap-uh-spawr-uhs, -spor-], /əˈpɒs pər əs, ˌæp əˈspɔr əs, -ˈspɒr-/, adjectiveWords nearby apospory
aporia, aport, aposematic, aposematic coloration, aposiopesis, apospory, apostasy, apostate, apostatize, a posteriori, apostil
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How to use apospory in a sentence
This phenomenon of apospory was first discovered in mosses, but is now also known in a number of ferns (see Pteridophyta).
British Dictionary definitions for apospory
apospory
/ (ˈæpəˌspɔːrɪ) /
noun
botany development of the gametophyte from the sporophyte without the formation of spores
the development of an embryo of a flowering plant outside the embryo sac, from a cell of the nucellus or chalaza
Word Origin for apospory
C19: from apo- + spore + -y 1
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