apospory

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noun

The ability of a plant's sporophytes to form a plant that looks like a gametophyte but has the ploidy level of the sporophyte.

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Meanings

nounapospory (uncountable)
  1. uncountablebiologyThe ability of a plant's sporophytes to form a plant that looks like a gametophyte but has the ploidy level of the sporophyte.
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apospory. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apospory

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