microsporogenesis
构词拆解
- -o-
- A linking vowel inserted interconsonantally between two morphemes, to ease pronunciation, without contributing to the meaning. It frequently joins words or combining forms of Ancient Greek or Classical Latin origin in the classical compounds of New Latin and international scientific vocabulary, but it can also be used to join modern terms and even abbreviations, either formally or informally.
- -genesis
- origin · production
词源说明
From microspore + -o- + -genesis.
释义
名词noun
- 1(botany) The formation of four haploid microspores by meiosis.
- 2(botany) In angiosperms, the formation of pollen and thus the production of the male gametophyte.