- carposporous
- carposporic car`po*spor"ic, carposporous car`po*spor"ousadj.
1. of or relating to a carpospore.
[PJC]
2. having carpospores. [WordNet 1.5] ||
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
carposporous
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carposporous — car·pos·po·rous … English syllables
carposporous — adjective having carpospores • Pertains to noun: ↑carpospore • Derivationally related forms: ↑carpospore * * * adjective see carposporic … Useful english dictionary
carpospore — noun a nonmotile spore of red algae • Derivationally related forms: ↑carposporic, ↑carposporous • Hypernyms: ↑spore • Part Holonyms: ↑red algae * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌspō(ə)r noun … Useful english dictionary
carposporic — car po*spor ic, carposporous car po*spor ousadj. 1. of or relating to a carpospore. [PJC] 2. having carpospores. [WordNet 1.5] || … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
carpospore — carposporic /kahr peuh spawr ik, spor /, carposporous /kahr pos peuhr euhs/, adj. /kahr peuh spawr , spohr /, n. a nonmotile spore of the red algae. [1880 85; CARPO 1 + SPORE] * * * … Universalium
