macrospore
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The macrospore divides into two cells, a large lower one, and a smaller upper one.
From Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses by Douglas Houghton Campbell
The nucellus is a cellular tissue enveloping one large cell, the embryo-sac or macrospore.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 by Various
The larger ones contain each a large spore, or macrospore; the smaller contain numerous microspores, immersed in mucilage.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Asa Gray
L, young plant, with the attached macrospore, × 6. r, the first root. l, the first leaves.
From Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses by Douglas Houghton Campbell
In the full-grown ovule the macrospore, which in the seed plants is generally known as the “embryo sac,” is completely filled with the prothallium or “endosperm.”
From Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses by Douglas Houghton Campbell
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