exosporic

English

Etymology

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Adjective

exosporic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the development of gametophytes outside the spore wall.
    Antonym: endosporic
    • 1984, Scagel, Robert Francis, chapter 10, in Plants, an evolutionary survey‎[1], page 286:
      Another feature unique to embryophytes, and generally associated with heterospory, is endosporic development of gametophytes. In many homosporous plants, the spore germinates and grows into a gametophyte completely outside the spore wall. This is called exosporic development.
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