Advertisement

Advertisement

sporocyte

[ spawr-uh-sahyt, spohr- ]

noun

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


sporocyte

/ ˈspɒ-; ˈspɔːrəʊˌsaɪt /

noun

  1. a diploid cell that divides by meiosis to produce four haploid spores
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


Discover More

Word History and Origins

Origin of sporocyte1

First recorded in 1890–95; sporo- + -cyte

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


sporocystsporogenesis