microspore

English

noun
Definitions
  • (botany) The smaller of the two spores produced by plants; compare megaspore.
  • (zoology) One of the numerous tiny spore-like elements produced through the encystment and subdivision of many monads

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Affix from English spore.

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English

spore

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