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spore
1[spawr, spohr]
noun
Biology.a walled, single- to many-celled, reproductive body of an organism, capable of giving rise to a new individual either directly or indirectly.
a germ, germ cell, seed, or the like.
verb (used without object)
to bear or produce spores.
-spore
2variant of sporo-, as final element of compound words.
teliospore.
spore
/ ɔː /
noun
a reproductive body, produced by bacteria, fungi, various plants, and some protozoans, that develops into a new individual. A sexual spore is formed after the fusion of gametes and an asexual spore is the result of asexual reproduction
a germ cell, seed, dormant bacterium, or similar body
verb
(intr) to produce, carry, or release spores
spore
A usually one-celled reproductive body that can grow into a new organism without uniting with another cell. Spores are haploid (having only a single set of chromosomes). Fungi, algae, seedless plants, and certain protozoans reproduce asexually by spores. Plant spores that are dispersed by the wind have walls containing sporopollenin.
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A similar one-celled body in seed-bearing plants; the macrospore or microspore. The macrospore of seed-bearing plants develops into a female gametophyte or megagametophyte, which is contained within the ovule and eventually produces the egg cells. (The megagametophyte is also called the embryo sac in angiosperms.) The microspore of seed-bearing plants develops into the male microgametophyte or pollen grain.
See endospore
spore
A reproductive cell or group of cells, produced by some plants, that is capable of developing into an adult plant without combining with another reproductive cell. Plants also produce sperm cells. The spores of nonflowering plants are analogous to the seeds of flowering plants. (See asexual reproduction; compare sexual reproduction.) Fungi and algae typically reproduce by means of spores that are carried by the wind or some other agency to a new location for growth.
Other 51Թ Forms
- sporal adjective
- sporoid adjective
- intersporal adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of spore1
Example Sentences
Valley fever, or coccidioidomycosis, is a lung infection that people get when they breathe in spores of the fungus, coccidioides, that lives in dry soil, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
To obtain a means for a cure, they'd have to remove the spores from there, which would kill her.
There are trillions of ways to die in “The Last of Us,” one for each Cordyceps spore that turned most of humankind into raging, mindless cannibals.
It largely survives as spores that hide away in soil for years before entering an animal through inhalation or a cut or wound.
Dr Morris also highlighted that Bacillus cereus is resistant to some cleaning methods and that sporicides - disinfectants that kill microbial spores - can be required to achieve decontamination.
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When To Use
The combining form -spore is used like a suffix meaning “spore.” It is often used in scientific terms, especially in biology.The form -spore ultimately comes from the Greek ǰá, meaning “sowing” and “seed.” Sporadic, meaning "occasional," comes from the related Greek adjective ǰ徱ó. Find out what sporadic has to do with seeds at our entry.What are variants of -spore?When used at the beginning of a word, as a prefix, -spore becomes spor-, spori-, or sporo-, as in sporocyst. A variant suffix used to create adjectives from nouns is -sporous, as in acrosporous, from acrospore.Want to know more? Read our 51Թs That Use articles for spor-, spori-, sporo-, and -sporous.
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