polysporyn.
/ˈpɒlɪspɔːri/, U.S. /ˈpɑliˌspɔrɪ/ Botany.
The production of spores in unusually large groups.
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1922 Science 12 May 517/2 A frequent..accompanying feature of polyploidy is the phenomenon of polyspory.
1940 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 27 551/1 The conditions of polyspory as well as of quartets of four spores have been observed [in Zea Mays].
1959 Canad. Jrnl. Plant Sci. 39 272 A case of polyspory in a Triticum-Agropyron hybrid line..proved to be due to spindle misfunction.
1997 Mycologia 89 962 Polyspory in Barrina arises through formation of ascoconidia by small branched filaments derived from the ascospores.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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