HyperDic: megaspore

English > 1 sense of the word megaspore:
NOUNplantmegaspore, macrosporelarger / larger of the two types of spore produced in heterosporous plants
English > megaspore: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninglarger / larger of the two types of spore produced in heterosporous plants; develops in ovule into a female gametophyte.
Synonymmacrospore
BroadersporeA small usually single-celled asexual reproductive body produced by many nonflowering plants and fungi and some bacteria and protozoans and that are capable of developing into a new individual without sexual fusion
Spanishmacrospora, macróspora, macrospore, megaspora
Catalanmacròspora, macrospore, megaspora, megàspora

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