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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