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Microspore

Mi′cro-spore

(mī′krō̍-spōr)
,
Noun.
[
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
.

Definition 2024


microspore

microspore

English

Noun

microspore (plural microspores)

  1. (botany) Smaller of the two spores produced by plants, compare megaspore.

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  • OED2

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Italian

Noun

microspore f

  1. plural of microspora

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