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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. larger of the two types of spore produced in heterosporous plants; develops in ovule into a female gametophyte;
[syn: megaspore, macrospore]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Macrospore \Mac"ro*spore\, n. [Macro- + spore.] (Bot.)
   One of the specially large spores of certain flowerless
   plants, as Selaginella, etc.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

macrospore
    n 1: larger of the two types of spore produced in heterosporous
         plants; develops in ovule into a female gametophyte [syn:
         megaspore, macrospore]