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Meanings of macrospore in English

Portuguese
megásporo
Catalan
megàspora
Spanish
macróspora
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Larger of the two types of spore produced in heterosporous plants; develops in ovule into a female gametophyte.

        megásporo
        Usage of macrospore in English
        1
        The nucellus is a cellular tissue enveloping one large cell, the embryo-sac or macrospore.
        Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Andros, Sir Edmund" to ...
        2
        But the formation of the macrospore or embryo-sac is simpler than the corresponding process in cryptogams.
        Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886
        Translations for macrospore
        Portuguese
        megásporo
        Macrospore through the time