archesporium

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

archesporium
    n 1: primitive cell or group of cells from which a mother cell
         develops [syn: {archespore}, {archesporium}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

archesporium \archesporium\ n.
   1. a primitive cell or group of cells from which a mother
      cell develops.

   Syn: archespore.
        [WordNet 1.5]

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