megaspore

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s

Proto-Hellenic *mégas

Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs)der.

English mega-

English spore

English megaspore

From mega- + spore.

Noun

megaspore (plural megaspores)

1. (botany) The larger spore of a heterosporous plant, typically producing a female gametophyte

Synonyms

• macrospore

Coordinate terms

• microspore
• mesospore

Derived terms

• coenomegaspore
• megaspore mother cell
• megasporic
• megasporogenesis

Related terms

• megasporocyte

Translations

botany: larger of the spores of a heterosporous plant

• Finnish: isoitiö, megaspori
• Romanian: megaspor (ro) m, macrospor (ro) m

See also

• megaspore on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Noun

megaspore f

1. plural of megaspora