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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024spore /spɔr/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Botanya small cell like a seed, produced by a fungus for reproduction
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024spore (spôr, spōr),USA pronunciation n., v., spored, spor•ing. n. - Developmental Biology, Botany[Biol.]a walled, single- to many-celled, reproductive body of an organism, capable of giving rise to a new individual either directly or indirectly.
- Developmental Biology, Microbiologya germ, germ cell, seed, or the like.
v.i. - Developmental Biology, Fungito bear or produce spores.
- Greek sporá sowing, seed, akin to speírein to sow; see sperm1
- Neo-Latin spora
- 1830–40
spo′ral, adj. spo′roid, adj. -spore, - var. of sporo-, as final element of compound words:teliospore.
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