apospory

American  

[ap-uh-spawr-ee, -spohr-ee, uh-pos-puh-ree] / ˈæp əˌspɔr i, -ˌspoʊr i, əˈpɒs pə ri /

noun

Botany.

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

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apospory British  

/ 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

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Other Word Forms

• aposporic adjective
• aposporous adjective

Etymology

Origin of apospory

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