| Pronunciation: | | 'mIkru`spowr
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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[n] smaller of the two types of spore produced in heterosporous plants; develops in the pollen sac into a male gametophyte |
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MICROSPORE is a 10 letter word that starts with M. |
| | See Also: | | spore |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | The smaller of the two kinds of spores produced in the sexual life cycle of a heterosporous plant, giving rise to the male gametophyte. |
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