Bot. [ad. mod.L. androsporus, f. (by Pringsheim) Gr. ἀνδρο- male + σπόρος SPORE, seed.] The zoospore which in certain fucoid Algæ produces the male reproductive organs.
1864. in Webster.
1875. Bennet & Dyer, Sachs’ Bot., 229. In many species (of Œdogonieæ) the female plant produces peculiar swarm-spores (Androspores) out of which proceed very small male plants.
