— microsporic /muy'kreuh spawr"ik, -spor"-/ , microsporous /muy kreuh spawr"euhs, -spohr"-, muy kros"peuhr euhs/ , adj.
/muy"kreuh spawr', -spohr'/ , n. Bot.
1. the smaller of the two kinds of spores characteristically produced by seed plants and some fern allies, developing into a male gametophyte. Cf. megaspore ,
2. a pollen grain.
[ 1855-60; MICRO- + -SPORE ]