About The Word Microspore
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Microspore
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What's The Definition Of Microspore?
[n] smaller of the two types of spore produced in heterosporous plants; develops in the pollen sac into a male gametophyte
Synonyms | Synonyms for Microspore: Related Terms | Find terms related to Microspore: See Also | spore Microspore In Webster's Dictionary \Mi"cro*spore\, n. [Micro- + spore.] (Bot.)
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}.
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