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microspore

microspore noun: the smaller spore of a heterosporous plant, typically producing a male gametophyte.

Noun

microspore (plural microspores)

  1. The smaller spore of a heterosporous plant, typically producing a male gametophyte.
  2. One of the numerous tiny spore-like elements produced through the encystment and subdivision of many monads.

microspore meaning in Tamil

microspore in Tamil

நுணுக்குவித்தி, நுண்வித்தி

Forms of microspore

pluralmicrospores

Origin of microspore

From micro- + spore.

Words formed from microspore

Questions about microspore

What does microspore mean?
Microspore means the smaller spore of a heterosporous plant, typically producing a male gametophyte.
What is microspore in Tamil?
Microspore in Tamil is நுணுக்குவித்தி, நுண்வித்தி. See Microspore meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is microspore?
Microspore is a noun.
What is the plural of microspore?
The plural of microspore is microspores.

Words near microspore in the dictionary

  1. microsporangia
  2. microsporangial
  3. microsporangiate
  4. microsporangium
  5. microspordiosis
  6. microspore
  7. microspores
  8. microsporic
  9. microsporid
  10. microsporidia
  11. microsporidial

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Adapted from Wiktionary: microspore (page history and authors); microspore (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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