sporocyte: Meaning and Definition of

spo•ro•cyte

Pronunciation: (spôr'u-sīt", spōr'-), [key]
— n. Biol.
  1. a diploid cell in certain spore-bearing plants, as liverworts, that produces four haploid spores through meiosis; a spore mother cell.
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