macrospore
[mak-ruh-spawr, -spohr]
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noun Botany.
Nearby words
- macrosegment,
- macrosigmoid,
- macrosociology,
- macrosomia,
- macrosporangium,
- macrostomia,
- macrostructure,
- macrotia,
- macrotous,
- macruran
Origin of macrospore
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Examples from the Web for macrospore
The macrospore divides into two cells, a large lower one, and a smaller upper one.
Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany|Douglas Houghton CampbellBut the formation of the macrospore or embryo-sac is simpler than the corresponding process in cryptogams.
The nucellus is a cellular tissue enveloping one large cell, the embryo-sac or macrospore.
The larger ones contain each a large spore, or macrospore; the smaller contain numerous microspores, immersed in mucilage.
The Elements of Botany|Asa Gray
macrospore
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