megaspore

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The larger spore of a heterosporous plant, typically producing a female gametophyte
larger of the two types of spore produced in heterosporous plants; develops in ovule into a female gametophyte
In heterosporous plants, spores that form the female gametophyte (megagametophyte) which in turn produces the egg
In plants which are heterosporous, the larger kind of spore is called a megaspore; it usually germinates into a female (egg-producing) gametophyte Contrast with microspore
A spore in heterosporous plants that gives rise to female gametophytes and is generally larger than a microspore
{i} larger of two kinds of spores; embryo sac of a flowering plant (Botany)

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megaspore mother cell
A cell that forms four megaspores by meiosis; a megasporocyte
megaspore mother cell
A cell that undergoes meiosis to produce four megaspores. Also called megasporocyte