See Also: microspore(medicine)
microspore(dictionary)

microspore (iou)



microspore noun. M19.
[from MICRO- + SPORE.]
Botany. The smaller of the two kinds of spores in heterosporous cryptogams, which develop into male gametophytes; the analogous structure (the immature pollen grain) in seed plants.
micro'sporocyte noun a mother cell that divides into four microspores E20.
microsporo'genesis noun the development of microspores M20.
microsporoge'netic adjective of or pertaining to microsporogenesis L20.
microsporous adjective having small seeds; resembling or derived from a microspore: M19.