Associations to the word «Megaspore»

Wiktionary

MEGASPORE, noun. (botany) The larger spore of a heterosporous plant, typically producing a female gametophyte
MEGASPORE MOTHER CELL, noun. A cell that forms four megaspores by meiosis; a megasporocyte.

Dictionary definition

MEGASPORE, noun. Larger of the two types of spore produced in heterosporous plants; develops in ovule into a female gametophyte.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats