Spore - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |spɔːr|  American pronunciation of the word spore
Brit.  |spɔː|  British pronunciation of the word spore

noun

- 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
a sexual spore is formed after the fusion of gametes

Extra examples

Each spore has its own protective envelope.

Word forms

noun
singular: spore
plural: spores
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