microspore

Noun

Meaning

One of the exceedingly minute spores found in certain flowerless plants, as Selaginella and Isoetes, which bear two kinds of spores, one very much smaller than the other. Cf. Macrospore.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

bacillus cell bacteria germ spore microorganism microbe amoeba virus dyad rotifer heterosporous micrococcus rhizopod amebic
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Antonyms

bug free non-virus

Hypernyms

spore

Related terms

megaspore mesospore

Phrases with the word

microspore mother cell

Anagrams

prosomeric

Close letter words and terms

microsporangial microsporangiate microsporangium microspore mother cell microsporic microsporid