Acrospore :: Acrospore (n.) A spore borne at the extremity of the cells of fructification in fungi.

Acrosporous :: Acrosporous (a.) Having acrospores.

Androspore :: Androspore (n.) A spore of some algae, which has male functions..

Angiosporous :: Angiosporous (a.) Having spores contained in cells or thecae, as in the case of some fungi..

Ascospore :: Ascospore (n.) One of the spores contained in the asci of lichens and fungi. [See Illust. of Ascus..

Asportation :: Asportation (n.) The felonious removal of goods from the place where they were deposited.

Basidiospore :: Basidiospore (n.) A spore borne by a basidium.

Bosporian :: Bosporian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Thracian or the Cimmerian Bosporus.

Bosporus :: Bosporus (n.) A strait or narrow sea between two seas, or a lake and a seas; as, the Bosporus (formerly the Thracian Bosporus) or Strait of Constantinople, between the Black Sea and Sea of Marmora; the Cimmerian Bosporus, between the Black Sea and Sea of Azof..

Brand Spore :: Brand spore () One of several spores growing in a series or chain, and produced by one of the fungi called brand..

Carpospore :: Carpospore (n.) A kind of spore formed in the conceptacles of red algae.

Desport :: Desport (v. t. & i.) See Disport.

Diaspore :: Diaspore (n.) A hydrate of alumina, often occurring in white lamellar masses with brilliant pearly luster; -- so named on account of its decrepitating when heated before the blowpipe..

Disporous :: Disporous (a.) Having two spores.

Disport :: Disport (v. i.) Play; sport; pastime; diversion; playfulness.

Disport :: Disport (v. i.) To play; to wanton; to move in gayety; to move lightly and without restraint; to amuse one's self.

Disport :: Disport (v. i.) To divert or amuse; to make merry.

Disport :: Disport (v. i.) To remove from a port; to carry away.

Disported :: Disported (imp. & p. p.) of Dispor.

Disporting :: Disporting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dispor.

Disportment :: Disportment (n.) Act of disporting; diversion; play.

Endospore :: Endospore (n.) The thin inner coat of certain spores.

Endosporous :: Endosporous (a.) Having the spores contained in a case; -- applied to fungi.

Epispore :: Epispore (n.) The thickish outer coat of certain spores.

Exospore :: Exospore (n.) The extreme outer wall of a spore; the epispore.

Heterosporic :: Heterosporic (a.) Alt. of Heterosporou.

Heterosporous :: Heterosporous (a.) Producing two kinds of spores unlike each other.

Isosporic :: Isosporic (a.) Producing but one kind of spore, as the ferns and Equiseta. Cf. Heterosporic..

Macrosporangium :: Macrosporangium (n.) A sporangium or conceptacle containing only large spores; -- opposed to microsporangium. Both are found in the genera Selaginella, Isoctes, and Marsilia, plants remotely allied to ferns..

Macrospore :: Macrospore (n.) One of the specially large spores of certain flowerless plants, as Selaginella, etc..

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