- microsporous
- adjective see microspore
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
microsporous
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microsporous — See microsporic. * * * … Universalium
microsporous — mi·cro·spor·ous … English syllables
microsporous — adjective see microspore … Useful english dictionary
microspore — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1847 any of the spores in heterosporous plants that give rise to male gametophytes and are generally smaller than the megaspore • microsporous adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
microspore — microsporic /muy kreuh spawr ik, spor /, microsporous /muy kreuh spawr euhs, spohr , muy kros peuhr euhs/, adj. /muy kreuh spawr , spohr /, n. Bot. 1. the smaller of the two kinds of spores characteristically produced by seed plants and some fern … Universalium
