Spore Synonyms

spôr
A similar one-celled body in seed-bearing plants; the macrospore or microspore. The macrospore of seed-bearing plants develops into a female gametophyte or megagametophyte , which is contained within the ovule and eventually produces the egg cells. (The megagametophyte is also called the embryo sac in angiosperms.) The microspore of seed-bearing plants develops into the male microgametophyte or pollen grain.
Synonyms:
  1. basidium
  2. cystocarp
  3. megaspore
A propagative part of a plant
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. seed
  2. tuber

Words Related to Spore

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Spore Sentence Examples

  • In the vascular cryptogams and phanerogams it takes place in the spore mother cells and the reduced number is found in all the cells of the gametophyte, the full number in those of the sporophyte.

  • All three salts significantly reduced mycelial growth and spore germination.

  • Each spore capsule is for all the world like a clenched fist.

  • The spore cell gives rise to a " sporelarva," which is set free in the coelenteron and grows into a medusa.

  • J, Spore, highly magnified.

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