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Acrosporous
Acrosporous Ac"ro*spor"ous, a.
Having acrospores.
Angiosporous
Angiosporous An`gi*os"po*rous, a. [Angio- + spore.] (Bot.)
Having spores contained in cells or thec[ae], as in the case
of some fungi.
ArthrosporousArthrospore Ar"thro*spore, n. [Gr. ? joint + E. spore.]
(Bacteriol.)
A bacterial resting cell, -- formerly considered a spore, but
now known to occur even in endosporous bacteria. --
Ar`thro*spor"ic, Ar*thros"po*rous, a. BasidiosporousBasidiospore Ba*sid"i*o*spore, n. [Basidium + spore.] (Bot.)
A spore borne by a basidium. -- Ba*sid`i*o*spor"ous, a. Disporous
Disporous Di*spor"ous, a. [Pref. di- + sporous.] (Biol.)
Having two spores.
Endosporous
Endosporous En`do*spor"ous, a. (Bot.)
Having the spores contained in a case; -- applied to fungi.
Heterosporous
Heterosporic Het`er*o*spor"ic, Heterosporous
Het`er*o*spor"ous, a. [Hetero- + spore.] (Bot.)
Producing two kinds of spores unlike each other.
Imporous
Imporous Im*por"ous, a.
Destitute of pores; very close or compact in texture; solid.
--Sir T. Browne.
Isosporous
Isosporous I*sos"po*rous, a. [Iso- + Gr. ? fruit.] (Biol.)
Producing but one kind of spore, as the ferns.
Polyporous
Polyporous Po*lyp"o*rous (?; 277), a. [Poly- + porous.]
Having many pores. --Wright.
PolyporousPolyporus Po*lyp"o*rus, n.; pl. Polypori. [NL., fr. Gr.
poly`s many + ? a pore.] (Bot.)
A genus of fungi having the under surface full of minute
pores; also, any fungus of this genus.
Note: Polyporus fomentarius was formerly dried and cut in
slices for tinder, called amadou. P. betulinus is
common in America, and forms very large thick white
semicircular excrescences on birch trees. Several
species of Polyporous are considered edible. Polysporous
Polysporous Pol`y*spor"ous, a. [Poly- + spore.] (Bot.)
Containing many spores.
PorousPorous Por"ous, a. [Cf. F. poreux. See Pore, n.]
Full of pores; having interstices in the skin or in the
substance of the body; having spiracles or passages for
fluids; permeable by liquids; as, a porous skin; porous wood.
``The veins of porous earth.' --Milton. Porously
Porously Por"ous*ly, adv.
In a porous manner.
Porousness
Porousness Por"ous*ness, n.
1. The quality of being porous.
2. The open parts; the interstices of anything. [R.]
They will forcibly get into the porousness of it.
--Sir K.
Digby.
Saporous
Saporous Sap"o*rous, a. [L. saporus that relishes well,
savory, fr. sapor taste.]
Having flavor or taste; yielding a taste. [R.] --Bailey.
SoporousSoporose Sop"o*rose`, Soporous Sop"o*rous, a. [From Sopor;
cf. L. soporus, fr. sopor a heavy sleep; F. soporeux.]
Causing sleep; sleepy. Thecasporous
Thecasporous The*cas"po*rous, a. (Bot.)
Having the spores in thec[ae], or cases.
Vaporous
Vaporous Va"por*ous, a. [L. vaporosus: cf. vaporeux.]
1. Having the form or nature of vapor. --Holland.
2. Full of vapors or exhalations. --Shak.
The warmer and more vaporous air of the valleys.
--Derham.
3. Producing vapors; hence, windy; flatulent. --Bacon.
The food which is most vaporous and perspirable is
the most easily digested. --Arbuthnot.
4. Unreal; unsubstantial; vain; whimsical.
Such vaporous speculations were inevitable.
--Carlyle.
Vaporousness
Vaporousness Va"por*ous*ness, n.
The quality of being vaporous.
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