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from The Century Dictionary.

  • In botany, having the spores inclosed in a hollow receptacle: applied to such fungi as Lycoperdon.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Bot.) Having spores contained in cells or thecæ, as in the case of some fungi.

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  • adjective botany Having spores contained in cells or thecae.

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angio- + -sporous

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