microspore

About 0.07 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The smaller spore of a heterosporous plant, typically producing a male gametophyte.
2. noun One of the numerous tiny spore-like elements produced through the encystment and subdivision of many monads.

Similar words

pollen embryogenesis megaspore macrospore microsporocarp megaspore mother cell microsporocyte macrosporangium homospore megasporophyte

Often followed by

mother culture stage development embryogenesis and cultures nucleus wall

Word family

microspores microsporous