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Microspore

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Noun

1. microspore

smaller of the two types of spore produced in heterosporous plants; develops in the pollen sac into a male gametophyte

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Microspore

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noun
1. 
the smaller of two types of spore produced by some spore-bearing plants, which develops into the male gametophyte
Compare megaspore (sense 1)
2. 
the pollen grain of seed plants

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Microspore

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noun
a haploid spore, usually smaller than a megaspore of the same plant, which gives rise to a male gametophyte: found in all seed plants, where it is an immature pollen grain, and in many lower vascular plants

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Microspore

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n.
Botany
A spore that gives rise to a male gametophyte and is smaller than a megaspore.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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