microsporocyte

[ mahy-kruh-spawr-uh-sahyt, -spohr- ]

noun

, Botany.

1. one of the mother cells that produce four microspores by meiosis.

microsporocyte

/ mī′krə-spôr′ə-sīt′ /

1. A diploid cell that undergoes meiosis to produce microspores as part of microsporogenesis.
2. Also called microspore mother cell pollen mother cell

Word History and Origins

Origin of microsporocyte¹

First recorded in 1935–40; microspore + -o- + -cyte