sporogenous

[ spuh-roj-uh-nuh s ]

/ spəˈrɒdʒ ə nəs /

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adjective

of or relating to spores or spore production.

RELATED WORDS

ancestral, historical, hereditary, patrimonial, digenetic, eugenic, genital, matriclinous

Nearby words

sporocarp, sporocyst, sporocystic, sporocyte, sporogenesis, sporogenous, sporogonium, sporogony, sporont, sporophore, sporophorous

Origin of sporogenous

First recorded in 1885–90; sporo- + -genous

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Examples from the Web for sporogenous

Sporogenous rodlets, drumstick-shaped:—Plectridium (Fischer), motile (peritrichous).
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