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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.
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- noun biology Any
gametophyte that develops from amicrospore - 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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