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macrospore
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Princeton's WordNet
megaspore, macrosporenoun
larger of the two types of spore produced in heterosporous plants; develops in ovule into a female gametophyte
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macrosporenoun
One of the specially large spores of certain flowerless plants, as Selaginella, etc.
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macrospore
Megaspores, also called macrospores, are a type of spore that is present in heterosporous plants. These plants have two spore types, megaspores and microspores. Generally speaking, the megaspore, or large spore, germinates into a female gametophyte, which produces egg cells. These are fertilized by sperm produced by the male gametophyte developing from the microspore. Heterosporous plants include seed plants (gymnosperms and flowering plants), water ferns (Salviniales), spikemosses (Selaginellaceae) and quillworts (Isoetaceae).
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macrospore
A macrospore is a large type of spore that is produced in certain types of fungi, algae, and plants (especially ferns and seed plants). It gives rise to a female gametophyte and is often associated with sexual reproduction. Macrospores are larger than another type of spore produced by the same organism, called a microspore, which gives rise to a male gametophyte.
Webster Dictionary
Macrosporenoun
one of the specially large spores of certain flowerless plants, as Selaginella, etc
Etymology: [Macro- + spore.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Macrospore
mak′ro-spōr, n. a more than usually large spore of a flowerless plant, as in club-mosses, &c.—n. Macrosporan′gium, a sporangium containing macrospores. [Gr. makros, long, spora, a seed.]
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The numerical value of macrospore in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
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The numerical value of macrospore in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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