'Microspore' definitions:

Definition of 'microspore'

From: WordNet
noun
Smaller of the two types of spore produced in heterosporous plants; develops in the pollen sac into a male gametophyte

Definition of 'Microspore'

From: GCIDE
  • Microspore \Mi"cro*spore\ (m[imac]"kr[-o]*sp[=o]r), n. [Micro- + spore.] (Bot.) One of the exceedingly minute spores found in certain flowerless plants, as Selaginella and Isoetes, which bear two kinds of spores, one very much smaller than the other. Cf. Macrospore. [1913 Webster]

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