# megaspore

> a type of spore that is present in heterosporous plants; large spore, germinates into a female gametophyte, which produces egg cells. These are fertilized by sperm produced by the male gametophyte developing from the microspore

**Wikidata**: [Q2330966](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2330966)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megaspore)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/megaspore


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
2. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)