Microspore
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Microspore is a noun meaning (botany) The smaller spore of a heterosporous plant, typically producing a male gametophyte.
Meaning
(botany) The smaller spore of a heterosporous plant, typically producing a male gametophyte.
More Meanings
- (zoology) One of the numerous tiny spore-like elements produced through the encystment and subdivision of many monads.
Word Forms
- microspores
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pollen, embryogenesis, megaspore, macrospore, microsporocarp, microsporocyte.
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