English dictionary
spore
/sp/oU/r/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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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
ExamplesA sexual spore is formed after the fusion of gametes.
Source: WordNet 3.0
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One of the minute grains in flowerless plants, which are analogous to seeds, as serving to reproduce the species.
Source: webster1913