SPOROCYTE


Meaning of SPOROCYTE in English

/spawr"euh suyt', spohr"-/ , n. Biol.

a diploid cell in certain spore-bearing plants, as liverworts, that produces four haploid spores through meiosis; a spore mother cell.

[ 1890-95; SPORO- + -CYTE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .