(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:57:12

Phae"o*spore (?), n. [Gr. dusky + E. spore.] Bot.

A brownish zoospore, characteristic of an order (Phaeosporeae) of dark green or olive-colored algae.

-- Phae`o*spor"ic (#), a.

 

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