See Also: mesoplast(medicine)

apospory (iou) and mesoplast (medicine)


apospory (iou)



apospory noun. L19.
[from APO- + Greek sporos seed + -Y3.]
Botany. In some cryptogams: the growth of a gametophyte directly from a sporophyte, without spore production.
aposporous adjective characterized by or of the Nature of apospory L19.
aposporously adverb L19.

mesoplast (medicine)


mesoplast
<biology> The nucleus of a cell; mesoblast.

Source: Websters Dictionary