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macrospore
[ mak-ruh-spawr, -spohr ]
/ ˈmæk rəˌspɔr, -ˌspoʊr /
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noun Botany.
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OTHER WORDS FROM macrospore
mac·ro·spor·ic [mak-ruh-spawr-ik, -spor-], /ˌmæk rəˈspɔr ɪk, -ˈspɒr-/, adjectiveWords nearby macrospore
macrosegment, macrosigmoid, macrosociology, macrosomia, macrosporangium, macrospore, macrostomia, macrostructure, macrotia, macrotous, macruran
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How to use macrospore in a sentence
But the formation of the macrospore or embryo-sac is simpler than the corresponding process in cryptogams.
The larger ones contain each a large spore, or macrospore; the smaller contain numerous microspores, immersed in mucilage.
The Elements of Botany|Asa GrayThe macrospore divides into two cells, a large lower one, and a smaller upper one.
Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany|Douglas Houghton CampbellThe nucellus is a cellular tissue enveloping one large cell, the embryo-sac or macrospore.
British Dictionary definitions for macrospore
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