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sporocyte

American  
[spawr-uh-sahyt, spohr-] / ˈspɔr əˌsaɪt, ˈspoʊr- /

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 British  
/ ˈspɒ-, ˈspɔːrəʊˌsaɪt /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of sporocyte

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

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