"microspore" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: microspores [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.? Ancient Greek μῑκρός (mīkrós) Ancient Greek μῑκρο- (mīkro-)lbor. English micro- English spore English microspore From micro- + spore. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|micro-<id:very small>|spore|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.? Ancient Greek μῑκρός (mīkrós) Ancient Greek μῑκρο- (mīkro-)lbor. English micro- English spore English microspore [Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing|Learned borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "small", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "id" : "small", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*mey-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "μῑκρός", "gloss" : "small", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "μῑκρο-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "micro-", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "spore", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "microspore", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="microspore"> From micro- + spore., {{ety|en|:af|micro-<id:very small>|spore|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.? Ancient Greek μῑκρός (mīkrós) Ancient Greek μῑκρο- (mīkro-)lbor. English micro- English spore English microspore From micro- + spore. Head templates: {{en-noun}} microspore (plural microspores)
  1. (botany) The smaller spore of a heterosporous plant, typically producing a male gametophyte. Coordinate_terms: megaspore Translations (small spore): pikkuitiö (Finnish), micreaspór [masculine] (Irish), microspora [feminine] (Italian)
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  2. (zoology) One of the numerous tiny spore-like elements produced through the encystment and subdivision of many monads.
    Sense id: en-microspore-en-noun-87JOAFbG Categories (other): Zoology, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English terms prefixed with micro- (very small), Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 55 45 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 55 45 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with micro- (very small): 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 54 46 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: microsporic, microsporogenesis Related terms: megaspore, mesospore

Noun [Italian]

Head templates: {{head|it|noun form|g=f}} microspore f
  1. plural of microspora Tags: feminine, form-of, plural Form of: microspora
    Sense id: en-microspore-it-noun-4vkXSSPS Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-10-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-10-01 using wiktextract (c1bb342 and 6f96ddf). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.