Definition of Archespore

1. Noun. Primitive cell or group of cells from which a mother cell develops.

Exact synonyms: Archesporium
Generic synonyms: Cell
Derivative terms: Archesporial, Archesporial

Lexicographical Neighbors of Archespore

archeozoology
archepiscopal
archer fish
archeress
archeresses
archerfish
archerfishes
archeries
archerite
archers
archership
archerships
archery
arches
arches of the foot
archespore (current term)
archesporia
archesporial
archesporium
archest
archetypal
archetypally
archetype
archetyped
archetypes
archetypical
archetypically
archetyping
archeus
archfiend

Literary usage of Archespore

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society by Royal Microscopical Society, London (1882)
"These are all characterized by the presence of an " archespore. ... By the formation of anticlinal and periclinal walls iu the cell above the archespore, ..."

2. The Elements of Botany by Sir Francis Darwin (1895)
"Two out of the four oblique walls, by which the archespore is marked out, are shown. c. ... From part of the archespore what are known as the ..."

3. The evolution of plant life, lower forms by George Massee (1891)
"The latter cell is successively divided by four oblique walls into four peripheral cells, and a central one—the archespore. The peripheral cells by further ..."

4. A Course of Practical Instruction in Botany by Frederick Orpen Bower, Sydney Howard Vines (1885)
"The upper cell divided up so as to consist of a central tetrahedral cell (archespore), surrounded by a single layer of cells, which form the wall. iii. ..."

5. The Cambridge Natural History by Arthur Everett Shipley, Sidney Frederic Harmer (1906)
"A single nucleus aggregates around itself a limited portion of the cytoplasm, and this again forms a membrane, becoming an archespore or a ..."

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