*porou*

a. [ Angio- + spore. ] (Bot.) Having spores contained in cells or thecæ, as in the case of some fungi. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to an arthrospore{ 2 }.
Syn. -- arthrosporic [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. 1 of or pertaining to an ascospore. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. of or pertaining to a basidiospore. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. of or relating to a carpospore. [ PJC ]

2. having carpospores. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Pref. di- + sporous. ] (Biol.) Having two spores. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Having the spores contained in a case; -- applied to fungi. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Hetero- + spore. ] (Bot.) Producing two kinds of spores unlike each other. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Destitute of pores; very close or compact in texture; solid. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Iso- + Gr. spo`ros fruit. ] (Biol.) Producing but one kind of spore, as the ferns. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adj. Not porous; especially, not having vessels that appear as pores; as, nonporous wood. Opposite of porous. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Poly- + porous. ] Having many pores. Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Poly- + spore. ] (Bot.) Containing many spores. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a porous manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The quality of being porous. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The open parts; the interstices of anything. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

They will forcibly get into the porousness of it. Sir K. Digby. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. saporus that relishes well, savory, fr. sapor taste. ] Having flavor or taste; yielding a taste. [ R. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ From Sopor; cf. L. soporus, fr. sopor a heavy sleep; F. soporeux. ] Causing sleep; sleepy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Having the spores in thecae, or cases. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. vaporosus: cf. F. vaporeux. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Having the form or nature of vapor. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Full of vapors or exhalations. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The warmer and more vaporous air of the valleys. Derham. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Producing vapors; hence, windy; flatulent. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

The food which is most vaporous and perspirable is the most easily digested. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Unreal; unsubstantial; vain; whimsical. [ 1913 Webster ]

Such vaporous speculations were inevitable. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]