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Definition of "microspore" []

  • Botany The smaller of two types of spores that give rise to a male gametophyte. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "microspore" in a sentence
  • "The first division is the microspore may be observed readily merely by using a squash technique."
  • "Each Dt element must have been activated in the microspore nucleus or not later than the generative nucleus produced by division of the microspore nucleus."
  • "This could be accomplished readily by observing the first mitotic division in the microspore."
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