SPORE


Meaning of SPORE in English

■ noun

1》 Biology a minute, typically single-celled, reproductive unit characteristic of lower plants, fungi, and protozoans, capable of giving rise to a new individual without sexual fusion.

2》 Microbiology (in bacteria) a rounded resistant form adopted by a bacterial cell in adverse conditions.

Origin

C19: from mod. L. spora , from Gk spora 'sowing, seed'.

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