ˌfēəˈspōrēˌē noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from phaeo- + spora spore + -eae
in some classifications : an order or other group of brown algae characterized by the production of asexual swarm spores and usually comprising all the Phaeophyceae except the Dictyotales and Fucales — compare cyclosporea
• phaeo·spor·ous | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|spōrəs, (ˈ)fē|äspərəs adjective