-sporous

a combining form meaning “having spores” of the kind specified by the initial element: helicosporous.

Origin of -sporous

< Greek -sporos; see spore, -ous

Words nearby -sporous

-spermic, -spermous, -sphere, -splain, -spore, -sporous, -st, -stasis, -stat, -ster, -stichous

British Dictionary definitions for -sporous

-sporous

adj combining form

(in botany) having a specified type or number of spores homosporous