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adjective combining form
Etymology: New Latin spora spore
having (such or so many) spores <homosporous>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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-sporous — [spō′rəs, spôr′əs, spər əs] [ SPOR(O) + OUS] combining form forming adjectives having (a special number or kind of) spores [homosporous] … English World dictionary
sporous — bi·sporous; … English syllables
-sporous — a combining form meaning having spores of the kind specified by the initial element: helicosporous. [ < Gk sporos; see SPORE, OUS] * * * … Universalium
-sporous — aff. a combining form meaning “having spores” of the kind specified by the initial element: heterosporous[/ex] • Etymology: < Gk sporos … From formal English to slang
sporous — ˈspōrəs adjective Etymology: spore + ous : sporal … Useful english dictionary
-sporous — see sporic * * * a combining form meaning having spores of the kind specified by the initial element: helicosporous. [ < Gk sporos; see SPORE, OUS] … Useful english dictionary
List of Pokémon (252–319) — Pokémon has 646 (as of Pokémon Black and White) distinctive fictional species classified as the titular Pokémon. These creatures and entities reside throughout various locations of the fictional Pokémon universe and can be caught by humans… … Wikipedia
Disporous — Di*spor ous, a. [Pref. di + sporous.] (Biol.) Having two spores. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
-spory — noun combining form Etymology: sporous + 2 y quality or state of having (such) spores < homospory > … New Collegiate Dictionary
heterosporous — /het euh ros peuh reuhs, het euhr euh spawr euhs, spohr /, adj. Bot. having more than one kind of spore. [1870 75; HETERO + SPOROUS] * * * … Universalium
