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MICROSPORE
microspore
(noun) smaller of the two types of spore produced in heterosporous plants; develops in the pollen sac into a male gametophyte
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
microspore (plural microspores)
(botany) The smaller of the two spores produced by plants; compare megaspore.
(zoology) One of the numerous tiny spore-like elements produced through the encystment and subdivision of many monads
Anagrams
• micropores, prosomeric
Source: Wiktionary
Mi"cro*spore, n. Etym: [Micro- + spore.] (Bot.)
Definition: One of the exceedingly minute spores found in certain flowerless plants, as Selaginella and Isoetes, which bear two kinds of spores, one very much smaller than the other. Cf. Macrospore.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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