apospory

[ap-uh-spawr-ee, -spohr-ee, uh-pos-puh-ree]

noun

Botany.

1. the development of a gametophyte from a sporophyte without meiosis.

apospory

/ ˈæpəˌspɔːrɪ /

noun

1. botany development of the gametophyte from the sporophyte without the formation of spores

2. the development of an embryo of a flowering plant outside the embryo sac, from a cell of the nucellus or chalaza

Other Word Forms

• aposporic adjective
• aposporous adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of apospory¹

First recorded in 1880–85; apo- + spor- + -y ³

Word History and Origins

Origin of apospory¹

C19: from _apo- + _spore + _-y ¹

Example Sentences

Proliferations—Vivipary—Prolepsis—Lammas shoots—Dormant buds—Epicormic shoots—Adventitious buds—Apospory and apogamy.

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