Phaeosporic

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Phaeospore \Ph[ae]"o*spore\, n. [Gr. faio`s dusky + E. spore.]
     (Bot.)
     A brownish zoospore, characteristic of an order
     ({Ph[ae]ospore[ae]}) of dark green or olive-colored alg[ae].
     -- {Ph[ae]`o*spor"ic}, a.
     [1913 Webster]