Definitions for apospory

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apospory ap·o·spor·y

Spelling: [ap-uh-spawr-ee, -spohr-ee, uh-pos-p Apospory is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 167 anagrams from letters in apospory (aoopprsy).

Definitions for apospory

noun

1. the development of a gametophyte from a sporophyte without meiosis.

Origin of apospory

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

Examples for apospory

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