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idioandrosporous

idioandrosporous adjective: having androspores formed on filaments without oogonia.

Adjective

idioandrosporous (not comparable)

  1. Having androspores formed on filaments without oogonia.
    • By far the greatest number of the species are gynandrosporous—one only as yet observed, B. polyandra, Cleve, being idioandrosporous.1874, The Journal of Botany, British and Foreign, new series, volume III (volume XII of the entire work), London: Ranken & Co., page 373
    • They differ, however, chiefly in having an idioandrosporous habit, a greater size, frequently long seriate oogonial chains, and the oospore usually not quite filling the oogonium.1936, Rhodora, page 69

Origin of idioandrosporous

From idio- + andro- + spore + -ous.

Questions about idioandrosporous

What does idioandrosporous mean?
Idioandrosporous means having androspores formed on filaments without oogonia.
What part of speech is idioandrosporous?
Idioandrosporous is an adjective.

Words near idioandrosporous in the dictionary

  1. idic
  2. idigbo
  3. IDing
  4. idio-
  5. idioadaptive
  6. idioandrosporous
  7. idiobiological
  8. idiobiology
  9. idiobiont
  10. idiobionts
  11. idiobiosis

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