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Definition of Diaspore

Diaspore
Diaspore Di"a*spore, n. [From Gr. ? a scattering; dia` through, asunder + ? to sow, scatter like seed: cf. F. diaspore.] (Min.) A hydrate of alumina, often occurring in white lamellar masses with brilliant pearly luster; -- so named on account of its decrepitating when heated before the blowpipe.

Meaning of Diaspore from wikipedia

- Diaspore (/ˈdaɪ.əˌspɔːr/) – also called diasporite, empholite, kayserite, or tanatarite – is an aluminium hydroxide oxide mineral, α-AlO(OH), crystallizing...
- In botany, a diaspore is a plant dispersal unit consisting of a seed or spore plus any additional tissues that ****ist dispersal. In some flowering plants...
- serves to dis**** its seeds as a unit. Thus, the foxtail is a type of diaspore or plant dispersal unit. Some gr****es that produce a foxtail are themselves...
- of the above-ground anatomy of a number of species of plants. It is a diaspore that, once mature and dry, detaches from its root or stem and rolls due...
- Zultanite is a gem variety of the mineral diaspore, mined in the İlbir Mountains of southwest Turkey at an elevation of over 4,000 feet. The mineral's...
- mineral, a component of the aluminium ore bauxite. It is dimorphous with diaspore. It crystallizes in the orthorhombic dipyramidal system and is typically...
- similar to a tumbleweed. This type sometimes is called a tumble fruit or diaspore. An example is Anemone virginiana. A caryopsis or grain is a type of fruit...
- ****berlandite Cuprite Danburite Datolite Descloizite Diamond Bort Ballas Diaspore ****insonite Diopside Dioptase Dolomite Dumortierite Ekanite Elbaite Enstatite...
- of the aluminium minerals gibbsite (Al(OH)3), boehmite (γ-AlO(OH)) and diaspore (α-AlO(OH)), mixed with the two iron oxides goethite (FeO(OH)) and haematite...
- Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Foxtail or fox tail may refer to: Foxtail (diaspore), the dry spikelet or spikelet cluster of some gr****es Alopecurus, foxtail...