homosporous

homosporous
ho·mo·spo·rous .hō-mə-'spōr-əs, .häm-ə-, -'spȯr-; hō-'mäs-pə-rəs adj producing asexual spores of one kind only

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ho·mos·po·rous (ho-mosґpə-rəs) [homo- + spor- + -ous] having spores of only one kind, which reproduce asexually.

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