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noun
The smaller spore of a heterosporous plant, typically producing a male gametophyte.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
One of the numerous tiny spore-like elements produced through the encystment and subdivision of many monads.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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noun
smaller of the two types of spore produced in heterosporous plants; develops in the pollen sac into a male gametophyte
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: spore
History
From micro- + spore.
Across languages
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