Dictionary entry

Phæospore

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Phæ″o‐spore (fē″ō̍‐spōr), n. [Gr. φαιόσ dusky + E. spore.] (Bot.) A brownish zoöspore, characteristic of an order (Phæosporeæ) of dark green or olive-colored algæ. — Phæ′o‐spor″ic (#), a.