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sporeling|ˈspɔəlɪŋ|
[f. spore + -ling1, after seedling.]
A young plant (e.g. a fern) developed from a spore.
1910C. T. Druery Brit. Ferns iv. 27 Given improved seedlings (we prefer seedling to sporeling, even in Ferns, since practically a seed precedes the young Fern) of this class, the probability is that their offspring will vary still more. 1914Plant World Feb. 31 Both tetraspores and carpospores..were sown on oyster shells... In about twenty-four hours, when the resulting sporelings were firmly attached, the shells were clamped to boards. 1946Nature 19 Oct. 536/1 Ontogeny was also illustrated by living sporelings and beautiful microscope preparations from fronds of different ages of the fern-royal. 1970R. Carson Rocky Coast i. 38 The algal spores swarming in the water, ready to settle down and become sporelings. |