Definition of Heterospory

1. Noun. The development of both microspores and megaspores.

Generic synonyms: Monogenesis, Sporulation
Derivative terms: Heterosporous

Definition of Heterospory

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Medical Definition of Heterospory

1. Condition in vascular plants where the spores are of two different sizes, the smaller producing male prothalli, the larger female prothalli. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Heterospory

heterosite
heteroskedasticity
heterosmia
heterosomati
heterosomes
heterosomic
heterospecific
heterospecific antibody
heterospecific graft
heterospecifics
heterosphere
heterospheres
heterospories
heterosporous
heterospory (current term)
heterosquare
heterosquares
heterostasis
heterostatic
heterostracan
heterostructural
heterostructure
heterostructured
heterostructures
heterostyled
heterostylism
heterostylous
heterostyly
heterosubstituted

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