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Acrosporous
Acrosporous Ac"ro*spor"ous, a.
Having acrospores.
Angiosporous
Angiosporous An`gi*os"po*rous, a. [Angio- + spore.] (Bot.)
Having spores contained in cells or thec[ae], as in the case
of some fungi.
ArthrosporousArthrospore Ar"thro*spore, n. [Gr. ? joint + E. spore.]
(Bacteriol.)
A bacterial resting cell, -- formerly considered a spore, but
now known to occur even in endosporous bacteria. --
Ar`thro*spor"ic, Ar*thros"po*rous, a. BasidiosporousBasidiospore Ba*sid"i*o*spore, n. [Basidium + spore.] (Bot.)
A spore borne by a basidium. -- Ba*sid`i*o*spor"ous, a. Disporous
Disporous Di*spor"ous, a. [Pref. di- + sporous.] (Biol.)
Having two spores.
Endosporous
Endosporous En`do*spor"ous, a. (Bot.)
Having the spores contained in a case; -- applied to fungi.
Heterosporous
Heterosporic Het`er*o*spor"ic, Heterosporous
Het`er*o*spor"ous, a. [Hetero- + spore.] (Bot.)
Producing two kinds of spores unlike each other.
Imporous
Imporous Im*por"ous, a.
Destitute of pores; very close or compact in texture; solid.
--Sir T. Browne.
Isosporous
Isosporous I*sos"po*rous, a. [Iso- + Gr. ? fruit.] (Biol.)
Producing but one kind of spore, as the ferns.
Polyporous
Polyporous Po*lyp"o*rous (?; 277), a. [Poly- + porous.]
Having many pores. --Wright.
PolyporousPolyporus Po*lyp"o*rus, n.; pl. Polypori. [NL., fr. Gr.
poly`s many + ? a pore.] (Bot.)
A genus of fungi having the under surface full of minute
pores; also, any fungus of this genus.
Note: Polyporus fomentarius was formerly dried and cut in
slices for tinder, called amadou. P. betulinus is
common in America, and forms very large thick white
semicircular excrescences on birch trees. Several
species of Polyporous are considered edible. Polysporous
Polysporous Pol`y*spor"ous, a. [Poly- + spore.] (Bot.)
Containing many spores.
PorousPorous Por"ous, a. [Cf. F. poreux. See Pore, n.]
Full of pores; having interstices in the skin or in the
substance of the body; having spiracles or passages for
fluids; permeable by liquids; as, a porous skin; porous wood.
``The veins of porous earth.' --Milton. Porously
Porously Por"ous*ly, adv.
In a porous manner.
Porousness
Porousness Por"ous*ness, n.
1. The quality of being porous.
2. The open parts; the interstices of anything. [R.]
They will forcibly get into the porousness of it.
--Sir K.
Digby.
Saporous
Saporous Sap"o*rous, a. [L. saporus that relishes well,
savory, fr. sapor taste.]
Having flavor or taste; yielding a taste. [R.] --Bailey.
SoporousSoporose Sop"o*rose`, Soporous Sop"o*rous, a. [From Sopor;
cf. L. soporus, fr. sopor a heavy sleep; F. soporeux.]
Causing sleep; sleepy. Thecasporous
Thecasporous The*cas"po*rous, a. (Bot.)
Having the spores in thec[ae], or cases.
Vaporous
Vaporous Va"por*ous, a. [L. vaporosus: cf. vaporeux.]
1. Having the form or nature of vapor. --Holland.
2. Full of vapors or exhalations. --Shak.
The warmer and more vaporous air of the valleys.
--Derham.
3. Producing vapors; hence, windy; flatulent. --Bacon.
The food which is most vaporous and perspirable is
the most easily digested. --Arbuthnot.
4. Unreal; unsubstantial; vain; whimsical.
Such vaporous speculations were inevitable.
--Carlyle.
Vaporousness
Vaporousness Va"por*ous*ness, n.
The quality of being vaporous.
Meaning of Porou from wikipedia
- Ngāti
Porou is a Māori iwi
traditionally located in the East Cape and
Gisborne regions of the
North Island of New Zealand. It has the second-largest affiliation...
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Ngati Porou". Ruatoria, New Zealand: Te
Runanga O
Ngati Porou.
Retrieved 12 May 2012. "Deed of
Settlement Schedule: Do****ents" (PDF). Ngāti
Porou Deed...
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swept the Māori electorates. At the age of 69 he
returned to his Ngāti
Porou home 129
kilometres north of Gisborne,
where he
lived with his four sons...
- The
Ngati Porou East
Coast Rugby Football Union (NPEC) is a
constituent union in the New
Zealand Rugby Union located on the East
Coast of the
North Island...
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particularly known to
tribes with
origins in the
Gisborne District such as Ngāti
Porou, and Ngāi Tahu.
Paikea is the name ****umed by Kahutia-te-rangi
because he...
- daughter. In a
legend committed to m****cript by Mohi
Ruatapu of Ngāti
Porou in 1971 (Reedy 1993:25-33, 126–134), Tāwhaki is a
descendant of Māui. Whaitiri...
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highest non-volcanic peak.
Mount Hikurangi is
within the rohe of Ngāti
Porou and
Ngati Uēpohatu and is the iwi's most
significant icon. In Māori mythology...
- of
affiliation to the Kīngitanga of key iwi, most
notably Tuhoe, Ngāti
Porou, and the
largest iwi of all, Ngāpuhi.
Under the Māori
Affairs Amendment...
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Retrieved 28
December 2015. "5
players from Ngāti
Porou named in "Maori All Blacks"". Ngāti
Porou East Coast. 30 June 2015.
Retrieved 22
February 2024...
- Ngātapa). An
initial attack made on 4
December by
warriors of the Ngāti
Porou iwi, led by
Ropata Wahawaha, was
fended off. At the end of the month, the...
