megasporic
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megasporic — adjective see megaspore … New Collegiate Dictionary
megasporic — adj. pertaining to a large spore, of a megaspore (Botany) … English contemporary dictionary
megasporic — mega·spor·ic … English syllables
megasporic — adjective see megaspore … Useful english dictionary
megaspore — megasporic /meg euh spawr ik, spor /, adj. /meg euh spawr , spohr /, n. Bot. 1. the larger of the two kinds of spores characteristically produced by seed plants and a few fern allies, developing into a female gametophyte. Cf. microspore. 2. the… … Universalium
megaspore — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1857 a spore in heterosporous plants giving rise to female gametophytes and usually larger than a microspore • megasporic adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
megasporangium — noun A sporangium which produces only megaspores See Also: megasporic, megasporogenesis, sporangial, sporangiophore, spore … Wiktionary
megaspore — [meg′ə spôr΄] n. [ MEGA + SPORE] a haploid spore, usually larger than a microspore of the same plant, which gives rise to a female gametophyte: found in all vascular plants that have differentiated sexes in the gametophyte megasporic adj … English World dictionary
