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Meaning of "megaspore" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MEGASPORE

ˈmɛɡəˌspɔː


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MEGASPORE

noun
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Megaspore is a noun.
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WHAT DOES MEGASPORE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Megaspore

Megaspores, also called macrospores, are a type of spore that is present in heterosporous plants. These plants have two spore types, megaspores and microspores. Generally speaking, the megaspore, or large spore, germinates into a female gametophyte, which produces egg cells. These are fertilized by sperm produced by the male gametophyte developing from the microspore. Heterosporous plants include the following: ▪ seed plants ▪ water ferns ▪ spikemosses...

Definition of megaspore in the English dictionary

The definition of megaspore in the dictionary is the cell in flowering plants that gives rise to the embryo sac.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MEGASPORE

aecidospore · aeciospore · arthrospore · ascospore · auxospore · ballistospore · chlamydospore · conidiospore · diaspore · endospore · microspore · oospore · pycnidiospore · sporangiospore · teleutospore · teliospore · tetraspore · urediniospore · urediospore · zoospore

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MEGASPORE

megapode · megaproject · Megara · megarad · megaron · megascope · megascopic · megascopically · megasporangia · megasporangium · megasporic · megasporophyll · megass · megasse · megastar · megastore · megastorm · megastructure · megatechnology · megathere

WORDS THAT END LIKE MEGASPORE

aplanospore · archespore · asexual spore · autospore · azygospore · basidiospore · blastospore · carpospore · epispore · exospore · macrospore · meiospore · parthenospore · pycnospore · sexual spore · Singapore · spore · swarm spore · uredospore · zygospore

Synonyms and antonyms of megaspore in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «megaspore» into 25 languages

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The translations of megaspore from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «megaspore» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

大孢子
1,325 millions of speakers
es

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megaspora
570 millions of speakers
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megaspore
510 millions of speakers
hi

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megaspore
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أبواغ الضخمة
280 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Russian

мегаспоры
278 millions of speakers
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megásporo
270 millions of speakers
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megaspore
260 millions of speakers
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mégaspore
220 millions of speakers
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Megaspore
190 millions of speakers
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Megaspore
180 millions of speakers
ja

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大胞子
130 millions of speakers
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megaspore
85 millions of speakers
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Megaspore
85 millions of speakers
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megaspore
80 millions of speakers
ta

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மாவித்தி
75 millions of speakers
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मेगास्पोर
75 millions of speakers
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megaspor
70 millions of speakers
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megaspore
65 millions of speakers
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megaspore
50 millions of speakers
uk

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мегаспори
40 millions of speakers
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megaspore
30 millions of speakers
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megaspore
15 millions of speakers
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megaspore
14 millions of speakers
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megaspore
10 millions of speakers
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megaspore
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MEGASPORE»

Discover the use of megaspore in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to megaspore and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Paleobotany: The Biology and Evolution of Fossil Plants
It has been suggested, however, that the megaspore in these lycopsids, unlike the megaspore of a seed, was shed from the sporangium at maturity in the typical free-sporing manner. This assumption has been based on the occurrence of ...
Edith L. Taylor, Thomas N. Taylor, Michael Krings, 2009
2
Plant Cell Biology: Structure and Function
Introduction: In female reproduction, megaspore mother cells undergo meiosis to give rise to four haploid cells. Only one survives as a functional megaspore. Whereas many pollen grains develop in each anther (Plates 54, 56), megaspores  ...
Brian E. S. Gunning, Martin W. Steer, 1996
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The Megaspore-Membrane of the Gymnosperms...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Robert Boyd Thomson, 2012
4
Plant Systematics
Second, of the four haploid megaspores produced by meiosis, three consistently abort, leaving only one func— tional megaspore. This single megaspore also undergoes a great increase in size, correlated with the increased availability of ...
Michael G. Simpson, 2011
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Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Northeastern North America, ...
A hand lens is essential for resolving megaspore ornamentation, and a compound microscope fitted with an ocular micrometer is necessary for determining spore diameter. Twenty megaspores should be measured to determine average spore ...
Garrett E. Crow, Norman C. Fassett, C. Barre Hellquist, 2006
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Conifer Reproductive Biology
Claire G. Williams. 4.4 From Megaspore and Monospory to Haploid Female Gametophyte 61 Box 4.1 Mosaicism in the female gametophyte Rare exceptions to monospory have been reported for several taxa. In roughly 1% of Pinus sylvestris ...
Claire G. Williams, 2009
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INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CYTOLOGY
Thus, megaspores outside of the biophysical focal point may abort, whereas the functional megaspore undergoes cenocytic development forming the megagametophyte. The organization of the tetrad is subject to considerable variability in ...
Scott D. Russell, Christian Dumas, 1992
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Flora of the Northeast: A Manual of the Vascular Flora of ...
Three upper faces of megaspore with thin, somewhat parallel-walled ridges, lower half honeycombed with coarse pits. (Fig. 14) Megaspores mostly 0.6-0. 8 mm in diameter 4. /. lacustris Megaspores mostly less than 0.6 mm in diameter 5.
Dennis W. Magee, Harry E. Ahles, 2007
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Objective Botany
:>i>; Megaspore Haustoria Fig. 310. Kinds of megaspore tetrads : A. Linear, B. T- shaped, C. 1-shaped, D. Decussate, E. isobilateral. The megaspore mother cell undergoes meiosis first to form a dyad and then a megaspore tetrad. During ...
Dr. N.P. Saxena
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Apomixis in Angiosperms
The functional megaspore then becomes free from callose. In addition. megasporocytes of Gasteria verrucosai11'1l2 and other flowering plants111 provide an example of polarity in distribution of cell organelles; most are concentrated at the ...
Tamara N. Naumova, 1992
REFERENCE
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