endospory

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noun

The production of gametophytes within a spore.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

nounendospory (uncountable)
  1. uncountablebiologyThe production of gametophytes within a spore.

    Endospory is the complete development of, in this case, the female gametophyte within the original spore wall.

    2006, Michael G. Simpson, Plant Systematics, page 99
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