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PRONUNCIATION OF HOMOSPOROUS

homosporous  [hɒˈmɒspərəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HOMOSPOROUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Homosporous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HOMOSPOROUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

homosporous

Spore

In biology, a spore is a unit of asexual reproduction that may be adapted for dispersal and for survival, often for extended periods of time, in unfavorable conditions. By contrast, gametes are units of sexual reproduction. Spores form part of the life cycles of many plants, algae, fungi and protozoa. In bacteria, spores are not part of a sexual cycle but are resistant structures used for survival under unfavourable conditions. Spores are usually haploid and unicellular and are produced by meiosis in the sporangium of a diploid sporophyte. Under favourable conditions the spore can develop into a new organism using mitotic division, producing a multicellular gametophyte, which eventually goes on to produce gametes. Two gametes fuse to form a zygote which develops into a new sporophyte. This cycle is known as alternation of generations. The spores of seed plants, however, are produced internally and the megaspores, formed within the ovules and the microspores are involved in the formation of more complex structures that form the dispersal units, the seeds and pollen grains.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HOMOSPOROUS


asperous
ˈæspərəs
Bosporus
ˈbɒspərəs
copperas
ˈkɒpərəs
endosporous
ɛnˈdɒspərəs
gemmiparous
dʒɛˈmɪpərəs
Hesperus
ˈhɛspərəs
heterosporous
ˌhɛtəˈrɒspərəs
isosporous
aɪˈsɒspərəs
jasperous
ˈdʒæspərəs
multiparous
mʌlˈtɪpərəs
nulliparous
nʌˈlɪpərəs
obstreperous
əbˈstrɛpərəs
oviparous
əʊˈvɪpərəs
ovoviviparous
ˌəʊvəʊvaɪˈvɪpərəs
primiparous
praɪˈmɪpərəs
prosperous
ˈprɒspərəs
unprosperous
ʌnˈprɒspərəs
vaporous
ˈveɪpərəs
viviparous
vɪˈvɪpərəs
zoosporous
zəʊˈɒspərəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HOMOSPOROUS

homoscedastic
homoscedasticity
homosex
homosexual
homosexualism
homosexualist
homosexuality
homosexually
homosocial
homosociality
homospory
homostyly
homotaxial
homotaxially
homotaxic
homotaxis
homothallic
homothallism
homothally
homothermal

WORDS THAT END LIKE HOMOSPOROUS

amorous
carnivorous
dangerous
decorous
dolorous
glamorous
humorous
insectivorous
malodorous
microporous
nonporous
phosphorous
porous
rancorous
rigorous
sonorous
splendorous
stertorous
tumorous
unglamorous
vigorous

Synonyms and antonyms of homosporous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «homosporous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HOMOSPOROUS

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Translator English - Chinese

homosporous
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

homosporous
570 millions of speakers

English

homosporous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

homosporous
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

متباوغ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

homosporous
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

homosporous
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সমরেণু-প্রসূ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

homosporous
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Homosporous
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

homosporous
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

homosporous
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

homosporous
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Homosporous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

homosporous
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

homosporous
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

समलिंगी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

homosporous
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

homosporous
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

homosporous
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

homosporous
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

homosporous
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

homosporous
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

homosporous
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

homosporous
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

homosporous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of homosporous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HOMOSPOROUS»

The term «homosporous» is used very little and occupies the 180.007 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HOMOSPOROUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about homosporous

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOMOSPOROUS»

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Phylogenetic Analysis and Desiccation Tolerance of the ...
Measurements of metabolic activity and water-use-efficiency during dehydration and rehydration of 45 cheilanthoid samples showed that different species had different levels of D-T. Results suggest that D-T is ancestral in cheilanthoid ferns ...
Ruth Ellen Basford Kirkpatrick, 2008
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Isozymes in Plant Biology
Most pteridophytes are homosporous, producing one type of spore that germinates to produce a potentially bisexual gametophyte. The homosporous pteridophytes are the whisk ferns, Psilotum and Tmesipteris (Psilotophyta); the lycopods, ...
Douglas E. Soltis, Pamela S. Soltis, 1990
3
Encyclopaedia of Petroleum Science and Engineering
S. L. Sah. Table — 3 Spore and Pollen Types in the Bryophyta and Tracheophyta The megagametophyte produces eggs. One of these is fertilized by 116 Encyclopaedia of Petroleum Science and Engineering. Spore or Homosporous or Plant ...
S. L. Sah, 2010
4
Competition Science Vision
The plants may be homosporous i.e., produce only one type of spores (e.g., Psilotum, Lycopodium, Equisetum, Pteridium, Pteris, etc.) or heterosporous i.e., produce two different types of spores smaller microspores and larger megaspores (e.g. ...
5
Plant Genome Diversity Volume 2: Physical Structure, ...
By the end of the isozyme era, it was clear that the previous explanation for high numbers of chromosomes in homosporous genomes—high levels of neopolyploidy—was no longer supported. Alternative explanations that do not involve ...
Ilia J. Leitch, Johann Greilhuber, Jaroslav Dolezel, 2012
6
Pteridology in the New Millennium: NBRI Golden Jubilee ...
CHAPTER 3 1 SOME ASPECTS OF REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY OF THE GAMETOPHYTE GENERATION OF HOMOSPOROUS FERNS SATISH CHANDER VERMA Abstract. In the homosporous ferns, the 'haploid' gametophyte phase ...
B. K. Nayar, S. Chandra, M. Srivastava, 2003
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Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Northeastern North America, ...
Osmunda (Flowering Fern) Perennials, arising from short, thick rhizomes; fronds clumped, coarse, compound; fertile fronds with sporangia borne on modified portions (fertile pinnae) of leaves, or fronds dimorphic; homosporous. 1 . Fronds ...
Garrett E. Crow, Norman C. Fassett, C. Barre Hellquist, 2006
8
Handbook of Plant Science
Oogamous reproduction may be heterosporous or homosporous. Heterospory, found in all seed plants, features a female gamete, the egg, that is large and non- motile (the megaspore), while the male sperm (microspore) is often much smaller  ...
9
Paleopalynology: Second Edition
4.1 the example displayed is a homosporous fern, but the basic plan is good also for what used to be called the homosporous “fern allies”: psilopsids, some lycopsids, and sphenopsids. (These are rather insignificant in modern vegetation, but ...
Alfred Traverse, 2007
10
INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CYTOLOGY
... descendants have persisted in some cases to the present day, we can find two major categories, namely "homosporous" and "heterosporous" plants. Ferns are homosporous, having one kind of spore while Selaginella, Isoetes, and the seed  ...
Geoffrey H. Bourne, Kenneth L. Giles, Jatendra Prakash, 1987

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HOMOSPOROUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term homosporous is used in the context of the following news items.
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Institution: Google Indexer
Displaying a remarkable degree of morphological conservatism for over 400 million years, homosporous lycopsids provide a unique system for interpreting ... «Am J Botany, Mar 14»
2
Genus of Ferns Named After Lady Gaga
Like the rest, the Gaga group is homosporous, they produce tiny spherical spores that glide to the ground and germinate into heart-shaped ... «GreenPacks, Oct 12»
3
19 Ferns Go Gaga!
Most ferns are “homosporous,” and the Gaga group is no exception. Their spores germinate into heart-shaped plants called gametophytes, ... «National Geographic, Oct 12»

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