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English noun: spore

1. spore (plant) a small usually single-celled asexual reproductive body produced by many nonflowering plants and fungi and some bacteria and protozoans and that are capable of developing into a new individual without sexual fusion


SamplesA sexual spore is formed after the fusion of gametes.


Broader (hypernym)agamete


Narrower (hyponym)aeciospore, ascospore, basidiospore, carpospore, chlamydospore, conidiospore, conidium, endospore, fern seed, macrospore, megaspore, microspore, oospore, pollen, resting spore, tetraspore, zoospore, zygospore









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