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sporule Bot. and Zool.|ˈspɒrjuːl|
[a. F. sporule or ad. mod.L. sporula (Hedwig): see spore and -ule.]
1. A spore or spore-granule.
a. Bot.1819Lindley tr. Richard's Observ. 42 Sporules differ from seeds,..above all, in their want of embryo. Ibid., The rudiment of a sporule. 1845Darwin Voy. Nat. i. 5 After this fact one need not be surprised at the diffusion of the far lighter and smaller sporules of cryptogamic plants. 1875Zoologist X. 4416 The matter contained in the sporules of the genus Fucus is of a glutinous nature.
attrib. and Comb.1830Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 313 Any sporule-case in Cellulares. Ibid., A cluster of sporule-like areolæ.
b. Zool.1836–9Todd's Cycl. Anat. II. 433/2 In some animals these sporules are formed in all parts of the body indiscriminately. Ibid., The sporules of some Zoophytes. 1846J. D. Dana Zooph. v. (1848) 91 The sporules..which constitute the surface dots alluded to.
2. fig. A germ.
1861Q. Rev. CX. 368 Mere words..necessarily contain the sporules of mighty principles.
Hence sporuˈliferous a., bearing sporules.
1824R. K. Greville Flora Edin. p. lxxiii, Sporuliferous pulp not spontaneously emitted. 1847Proc. Berw. Nat. Club II. 214 The erect filaments are two lines in height,..with a hoary sporuliferous head. |