noun
- a small spore that develops into a male gametophyte in seed plants and some other plants
Usage: botanical
Examples
- The microspore develops into pollen in flowering plants.
- Each microspore contains the genetic material needed to form male gametes.
- Botanists studied the microspore formation in the plant’s anthers.
- The microspore undergoes mitotic divisions to produce the male gametophyte.
- Researchers examined microspore development under the microscope.
- The microspore wall protects the developing male reproductive cells.