单词 | spore |
释义 | spore ![]() n. 1. A small, usually single-celled reproductive body that is resistant to adverse environmental conditions and is capable of growing into a new organism, produced especially by certain fungi, algae, protozoans, and nonseedbearing plants such as mosses and ferns. 2. A megaspore or microspore. 3. A dormant nonreproductive body formed by certain bacteria often in response to a lack of nutrients, and characteristically being highly resistant to heat, desiccation, and destruction by chemicals or enzymes. intr.v. spored, spor·ing, spores To produce spores. [Greek sporā, seed; see sper- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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