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sporocyte

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spo⋅ro⋅cyte

  [spawr-uh-sahyt, spohr-]
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–noun Biology.
a diploid cell in certain spore-bearing plants, as liverworts, that produces four haploid spores through meiosis; a spore mother cell.
Origin:
1890–95; sporo- + -cyte
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spo·ro·cyte   (spôr'ə-sīt', spōr'-)   
n.  A cell that produces haploid spores during meiosis.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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