— aposporic /ap'euh spawr"ik, -spor"-/ , aposporous /euh pos"peuhr euhs, ap'euh spawr"euhs, -spor"-/ , adj.
/ap"euh spawr'ee, -spohr'ee, euh pos"peuh ree/ , n. Bot.
the development of a gametophyte from a sporophyte without meiosis.
[ 1880-85; APO- + SPOR- + -Y 3 ]