Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The spore, usually a zoöspore, of the brown alga;.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A brownish zoöspore, characteristic of an order (Phæosporeæ) of dark green or olive-colored algæ.
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- noun A
brownish zoospore , characteristic of anorder (Phaeosporeae) of dark green or olive-coloredalgae .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek dusky + English spore.
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