- Microsporic
- Microsporic Mi`cro*spor"ic, a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to microspores. [1913 Webster]
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Microsporic
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microsporic — See microspore. * * * … Universalium
microsporic — mi·cro·spor·ic … English syllables
microsporic — adjective see microspore … Useful english 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
microsporous — See microsporic. * * * … Universalium
microspore — [mī′krō spôr΄] n. a haploid spore, usually smaller than a megaspore of the same plant, which gives rise to a male gametophyte: found in all seed plants, where it is an immature pollen grain, and in many lower vascular plants microsporic adj … English World dictionary
pollen grain — noun : one of the microsporic grains of which pollen is made up … Useful english dictionary
