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macrospore

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mac·ro·spore  (mkr-spôr, -spr)
n.
See megaspore.
macrospore [ˈmækrəʊˌspɔː]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) another name for megaspore [1]
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Noun1.macrospore - larger of the two types of spore produced in heterosporous plantsmacrospore - larger of the two types of spore produced in heterosporous plants; develops in ovule into a female gametophyte
megaspore
spore - a small usually single-celled asexual reproductive body produced by many nonflowering plants and fungi and some bacteria and protozoans and that are capable of developing into a new individual without sexual fusion; "a sexual spore is formed after the fusion of gametes"
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