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单词 apospory
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apospory

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

noun Botany.

the development of a gametophyte from a sporophyte without meiosis.

Origin of apospory

First recorded in 1880–85; apo- + spor- + -y3

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-/, adjective

Words nearby apospory

aporia, aport, aposematic, aposematic coloration, aposiopesis, apospory, apostasy, apostate, apostatize, apostaxis, a posteriori
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Example sentences from the Web for apospory

  • This phenomenon of apospory was first discovered in mosses, but is now also known in a number of ferns (see Pteridophyta).

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3|Various

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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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