sporocyte

[ spawr-uh-sahyt, spohr- ]

nounBiology.
  1. a diploid cell in certain spore-bearing plants, as liverworts, that produces four haploid spores through meiosis; a spore mother cell.

Origin of sporocyte

1
First recorded in 1890–95; sporo- + -cyte

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British Dictionary definitions for sporocyte

sporocyte

/ (ˈspɔːrəʊˌsaɪt, ˈspɒ-) /


noun
  1. a diploid cell that divides by meiosis to produce four haploid spores

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