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HETEROSPORY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does heterospory mean? 

HETEROSPORY (noun)
  The noun HETEROSPORY has 1 sense:

1. the development of both microspores and megasporesplay

  Familiarity information: HETEROSPORY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HETEROSPORY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The development of both microspores and megaspores

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("heterospory" is a kind of...):

monogenesis; sporulation (asexual reproduction by the production and release of spores)

Derivation:

heterosporous (characterized by heterospory)


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