Spore
WordNet
noun
(1) 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"
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Etymology
From Modern Latin , from , related to and , from PIE *sper- "to strew"
Noun
- A reproductive particle, usually a single cell, released by a fungus, alga, or plant that may germinate into another.
- A thick resistant particle produced by a bacterium or protist to survive in harsh or unfavorable conditions.
Related terms
- aplanospore
- ascospore
- basidiospore
- heterosporous
- homosporous
- meiospore