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microgametophyte

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The male gametophyte that arises from a microspore of a heterosporous plant. In seed plants, the microgametophyte is contained in the pollen grain.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A male gametophyte when the sexes are diœciously separated.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun biology Any gametophyte that develops from a microspore
  • noun biology A male gametophyte

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the male gametophyte produced by a microspore

Etymologies

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micro- ("small") + gametophyte

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