sporocyte

[ spawr-uh-sahyt, spohr- ]

noun

, Biology.

1. a diploid cell in certain spore-bearing plants, as liverworts, that produces four haploid spores through meiosis; a spore mother cell.

sporocyte

/ ˈspɒ-; ˈspɔːrəʊˌsaɪt /

noun

1. a diploid cell that divides by meiosis to produce four haploid spores

Word History and Origins

Origin of sporocyte¹

First recorded in 1890–95; sporo- + -cyte