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Macrospore

noun
1.
Larger of the two types of spore produced in heterosporous plants; develops in ovule into a female gametophyte.  Synonym: megaspore.






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... with a single macrosporangium at the base; the others, microsporangia, x 3. D, a scale and microsporangium, x 5. E, young microsporangium, x 150. The shaded cells are the spore mother cells. F, a young macrospore, x 150. G, section of the stem, x 50. H, a single fibro-vascular bundle, x 150. I, vertical section of the female prothallium of Selaginella, x 50. ar. archegonium. J, section of an open archegonium, x 300. o, the egg cell. K, microspore, with the contained male prothallium, x ...
— Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany - For High Schools and Elementary College Courses • Douglas Houghton Campbell



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