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heterosporous

het·er·os·po·rous
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [het-uh-ros-puh-ruh s, het-er-uh-spawr-uh s, -spohr-]
    • /ˌhɛt əˈrɒs pə rəs, ˌhɛt ər əˈspɔr əs, -ˈspoʊr-/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [het-uh-ros-puh-ruh s, het-er-uh-spawr-uh s, -spohr-]
    • /ˌhɛt əˈrɒs pə rəs, ˌhɛt ər əˈspɔr əs, -ˈspoʊr-/

Definitions of heterosporous word

  • adjective heterosporous having more than one kind of spore. 1
  • noun heterosporous Producing two different kinds of spores. 1
  • adjective heterosporous (of seed plants and some ferns and club mosses) producing megaspores and microspores 0
  • adjective heterosporous producing more than one kind of spore; esp., producing microspores and megaspores 0
See all 4 definitions of heterosporous

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Origin of heterosporous

First appearance:

before 1870
One of the 26% newest English words
First recorded in 1870-75; hetero- + -sporous

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Parts of speech for Heterosporous

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Heterosporous

heterosporous popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 39% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 65% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

heterosporous usage trend in Literature

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