noun
- small spores produced by seed plants that develop into male gametophytes and eventually form pollen grains
Usage: botanical term
Examples
- The microspores are produced in the anthers of flowering plants.
- Each microspore develops into a pollen grain containing male gametes.
- Botanists study microspores to understand plant reproduction.
- The microspores undergo mitosis to form the male gametophyte.
- Wind carries the mature microspores from flower to flower.
- Microspores are much smaller than the female megaspores.