-sporous

1. a combining form meaning “having spores” of the kind specified by the initial element:

   helicosporous.

-sporous

combining form

1. (in botany) having a specified type or number of spores

   homosporous

Word History and Origins

Origin of -sporous¹

< Greek -sporos; spore, -ous

Example Sentences

Adj. powdery, pulverulent†, granular, mealy, floury, farinaceous, branny†, furfuraceous†, flocculent, dusty, sandy, sabulous†, psammous†; arenose†, arenarious†, arenaceous†; gritty, efflorescent, impalpable; lentiginous†, lepidote†, sabuline†; sporaceous†, sporous†. pulverizable; friable, crumbly, shivery; pulverized &c. v.; attrite†; in pieces.

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