Microspore \Mi"cro*spore\, n. [Micro- + spore.]
(Bot.)
One of the exceedingly minute spores found in certain
flowerless plants, as Selaginella and Isoetes, which bear
two kinds of spores, one very much smaller than the other.
Cf. Macrospore.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |