HETEROSPORY

heterospory

(noun) the development of both microspores and megaspores

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

heterospory (uncountable)

(botany) The production of spores of two different sizes and sexes by the sporophytes of land plants.

Source: Wiktionary



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11 January 2025

COWBERRY

(noun) low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries


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Coffee Trivia

In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.

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