gyrose

[ jahy-rohs ]

adjective

1. marked with wavy lines.

gyrose

/ ˈdʒaɪrəʊz /

adjective

1. botany marked with sinuous lines

Word History and Origins

Origin of gyrose¹

First recorded in 1830–40; gyr- + -ose ¹

Example Sentences

Gyrose, strongly bent to and fro.

From Project Gutenberg

Sporangia gyrose, variable in form, or plasmodiocarpous and irregular, venulose, sessile upon a common, strongly developed hypothallus, sometimes isolated and irregularly globose, dehiscing irregularly or by longitudinal fissure, yellowish or greyish white; columella none; capillitium delicate, the nodules elongate, variable in size; spores pale violaceous, minutely spinulose, 7–10 �.

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Since F. muscorum Schw. has all along held its own and received due recognition, it is interesting to note the recovery of this gyrose form.

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Sporangia laterally much compressed, flexuous, and gyrose, not everywhere grown together, but forming a dense reticulum; the walls a thin, pellucid membrane, with a dense layer of lemon-yellow granules of lime.

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It is whitish, becoming dingy-brown when dry; expanded, tough, undulated, even, more or less gyrose, pruinose.

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