/duy"euh spawr', -spohr'/ , n.
1. a mineral, aluminum oxyhydroxide, AlO(OH), occurring in crystals, or more usually in lamellar or scaly masses: a principal constituent of bauxite and an important source of aluminum.
2. Bot. a disseminule, esp. one that undergoes dispersal.
[ 1795-1805; diasporá; see DIASPORA ]