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PRONUNCIATION OF HOMOSPORY

homospory  [həʊˈmɒspərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HOMOSPORY

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verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Homospory is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HOMOSPORY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

homospory

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.

Definition of homospory in the English dictionary

The definition of homospory in the dictionary is the production of spores of one kind only, which develop into hermaphrodite gametophytes.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HOMOSPORY


apery
ˈeɪpərɪ
coppery
ˈkɒpərɪ
creperie
ˈkrɛpərɪ
drapery
ˈdreɪpərɪ
empery
ˈɛmpərɪ
extempore
ɪkˈstɛmpərɪ
foppery
ˈfɒpərɪ
frippery
ˈfrɪpərɪ
heterospory
ˌhɛtəˈrɒspərɪ
isospory
aɪˈsɒspərɪ
jaspery
ˈdʒæspərɪ
mappery
ˈmæpərɪ
napery
ˈneɪpərɪ
papery
ˈpeɪpərɪ
peppery
ˈpɛpərɪ
popery
ˈpəʊpərɪ
ropery
ˈrəʊpərɪ
slippery
ˈslɪpərɪ
trumpery
ˈtrʌmpərɪ
whispery
ˈwɪspərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HOMOSPORY

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE HOMOSPORY

accessory
advisory
apospory
category
directory
factory
Federal Capital Territory
glory
Gregory
history
introductory
inventory
laboratory
memory
pory
story
territory
theory
vapory
victory

Synonyms and antonyms of homospory in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «homospory» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

孢子同型
1,325 millions of speakers

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homospory
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homospory
510 millions of speakers

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homospory
380 millions of speakers
ar

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homospory
280 millions of speakers

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homospory
278 millions of speakers

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homospory
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homospory
260 millions of speakers

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homospory
220 millions of speakers

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Homospory
190 millions of speakers

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homospory
180 millions of speakers

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homospory
130 millions of speakers

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homospory
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Homoseksual
85 millions of speakers
vi

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homospory
80 millions of speakers

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homospory
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

होस्लोझरी
75 millions of speakers

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homospory
70 millions of speakers

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homospory
65 millions of speakers

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homospory
50 millions of speakers

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homospory
40 millions of speakers

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homospory
30 millions of speakers
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homospory
15 millions of speakers
af

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homospory
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

homospory
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

homospory
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of homospory

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HOMOSPORY»

The term «homospory» is barely ever used and occupies the 203.034 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HOMOSPORY» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOMOSPORY»

Discover the use of homospory in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to homospory and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Paleobotany: The Biology and Evolution of Fossil Plants
ORIGIN. AND. EVOLUTION. OF. THE. SEED. HABIT. HOMOSPORY, HETEROSPORY, AND THE SEED HABIT ...................................................................... ........................ 503 Homospory .
Edith L. Taylor, Thomas N. Taylor, Michael Krings, 2009
2
Developmental Biology of Fern Gametophytes
Although evolutionary considerations are not emphasized in this book, we shall nonetheless begin this part with an account of the two major spore types found in ferns. Homospory and heterospory One of the most important concepts ...
V. Raghavan, 2005
3
Paleopalynology: Second Edition
See homospory. high-spine Refers to pollen of Asteraceae (= Compositae), in which the spines of the echinate sculpture are over 3 m long. Cf. low-spine. hilate Of a spore or pollen grain possessing a hilum. Burgess and Richardson (1995) ...
Alfred Traverse, 2007
4
Gymnosperms
Homospory, Anisospory, Incipient Heterospory and Heterospory Before discussing the origin of ovule and integument, it will be worthwhile to relate the steps through which plant groups ultimately attained heterospory from homospory.
S. P. Bhatnagar, Alok Moitra, 1996
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International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology
However, although most of the species in bryophyte are homospory, many are dioecious species. In the latter situation, the differentiation leading to heterogametogenesis should be traced back to early development after spore germination ...
Kwang W. Jeon, 2013
6
The Evolution of Plants
The transition from plants that were homosporous (one spore size) to heterosporous (two spore sizes) is considered sporophyte 2n 2n n Homospory Heterospory Microspores nn n n. Typical number of taxa: 2 Typical number of taxa: 10 Typical ...
Kathy Willis, Jennifer McElwain, 2013
7
Glossary of Geology
Cf: heteroscedasticity. homospore (ho'-mo-spore) One of the spores of an embryophytic plant that reproduced by homospory; a plant spore functioning as either male or female in reproduction. Its range is Silurian to Holocene. Syn: isospore.
Julia A. Jackson, James P. Mehl, Klaus K. E. Neuendorf, 2005
8
Biology
Homospory, the production ofone kind ofspore, is characteristic ofbryophytes, most club mosses, and most ferns, including whisk ferns and horsetails. In homospory spores give rise to gametophyte plants that produce both egg cells and sperm ...
Eldra Solomon, Charles Martin, Diana Martin, 2014
9
The Encyclopedia of Seeds: Science, Technology and Uses
Dominant gametophyte (bryophytes) Dominant sporophyte (all vascular plants) Homospory (bryophytes, ferns) Heterospory (lycopsids, gymnosperms, angiosperms) Ovule, seeds (seed ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms) Non-motile male ...
J. Derek Bewley, Michael Black, Peter Halmer, 2006
10
Plants: Diversity and Evolution
Homospory = spores of the same size. Anisospory = spores of different sizes in the same sporangium. Heterospory = spores of different sizes, and normally different sexes, produced in different sporangia. Heterothally = gametophytes of ...
Martin Ingrouille, Bill Eddie, 2006

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