n.
Pronunciation: ' h ō -m ə - ˌ spo ̇ r- ē , ' hä-; h ō - ' mäs-p ə -r ē
Function: noun
Date: 1903
: the production by various plants (as the club mosses and horsetails) of asexual spores of only one kind
– ho · mo · spo · rous \ ˌ h ō -m ə - ' spo ̇ r- ə s, ˌ hä-; h ō - ' mäs-p ə -r ə s \ adjective