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.
OTHER WORDS FROM apospory
ap·o·spor·ic [ap-uh-spawr-ik, -spor-] /ˌæp əˈspɔr ɪk, -ˈspɒr-/, a·pos·por·ous [uh-pos-per-uh s, ap-uh-spawr-uh s, -spor-] /əˈpɒs pər əs, ˌæp əˈspɔr əs, -ˈspɒr-/, adjectiveWords nearby apospory
aporia,
aport,
aposematic,
aposematic coloration,
aposiopesis,
apospory,
apostasy,
apostate,
apostatize,
apostaxis,
aposthia
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).
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