microspore

English

Etymology

From micro- +‎ spore.

Noun

microspore (plural microspores)

(botany) The smaller of the two spores produced by plants; compare megaspore.
(zoology) One of the numerous tiny spore-like elements produced through the encystment and subdivision of many monads.

Translations

small spore

Finnish: pikkuitiö

Irish: micreaspór m

References

OED2

Anagrams

micropores, prosomeric

Italian

Noun

microspore f

plural of microspora

Anagrams

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