Definitions for megaspore
megaspore
meg·a·spore
Spelling: [meg-uh-spawr, -spohr]
IPA: /ˈmɛg əˌspɔr, -ˌspoʊr/
Megaspore is a 9 letter English word.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.
You can make 570 anagrams from letters in megaspore (aeegmoprs).
Definitions for megaspore
noun
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the larger of the two kinds of spores characteristically produced by seed plants and a few fern allies, developing into a female gametophyte.
Compare microspore.
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the embryo sac of a flowering plant.
Origin of megaspore
First recorded in 1885-90; mega- + spore
Examples for megaspore
In Welwitschia also the megaspore is filled with prothallus-tissue, but single egg-cells take the place of archegonia.