carposporous

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Producing small cells that grow into new algae in some red seaweeds

adjective
/ˌkɑr.pəˈspɔr.əs/

Specialized

: carposporoso

Certain species of red algae are carposporous during a particular stage of their lifecycle.

Examples

The researcher described the carposporous phase in great detail in her thesis.
Many algae are carposporous.
Only carposporous plants exhibit this method of spore reproduction.
This species is carposporous!
Certain species of red algae are carposporous during a particular stage of their lifecycle.
Only carposporous plants exhibit this method of spore reproduction.
The researcher described the carposporous phase in great detail in her thesis.

Surface Forms

carposporous positive

Morphology

carposporous = carpospore (opaque) = carpo + spore + ous

Forming an adjective with '-ous' from a noun is a standard and transparent derivational process.

Etymology

Carposporous comes from parts meaning 'fruit' (carpo-) and 'spore' (-sporous). So a carposporous plant or algae is one that makes or carries special 'carpospores', which is why the word means producing or bearing carpospores.