androspore

noun

an·​dro·​spore

plural -s

1

: a zoospore characteristic of members of the algal family Oedogoniaceae that gives rise to a small male plant that produces true spermatozoids

called also androgonidium

2

: microspore

Word History

Etymology

New Latin androsporus, from andr- + spora spore

First Known Use

1853, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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