spore

spore  (spôr, spr)

n.

1. A small, usually single-celled reproductive body that is highly resistant to desiccation and heat and is capable of growing into a new organism, produced especially by certain bacteria, fungi, algae, and nonflowering plants.

2. A dormant nonreproductive body formed by certain bacteria in response to adverse environmental conditions.

intr.v. spored, spor·ing, spores

To produce spores.

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[Greek spor, seed; see sper- in Indo-European roots.]

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spo·raceous (sp-rshs, spô-, sp-) adj.

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spore [spɔː]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) a reproductive body, produced by bacteria, fungi, various plants and some protozoans, that develops into a new individual. A sexual spore is formed after the fusion of gametes and an asexual spore is the result of asexual reproduction

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) a germ cell, seed, dormant bacterium, or similar body

vb

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) (intr) to produce, carry, or release spores

[from New Latin spora, from Greek: a sowing; related to Greek speirein to sow]

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spore  (spôr)

1. A usually one-celled reproductive body that can grow into a new organism without uniting with another cell. Spores are haploid (having only a single set of chromosomes). Fungi, algae, seedless plants, and certain protozoans reproduce asexually by spores. Plant spores that are dispersed by the wind have walls containing sporopollenin.

2. See more at alternation of generations.

3. A similar one-celled body in seed-bearing plants; the macrospore or microspore. The macrospore of seed-bearing plants develops into a female gametophyte or megagametophyte, which is contained within the ovule and eventually produces the egg cells. (The megagametophyte is also called the embryo sac in angiosperms.) The microspore of seed-bearing plants develops into the male microgametophyte or pollen grain. See endospore.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

spore - 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" agamete - an asexual reproductive cell basidiospore - a sexually produced fungal spore borne on a basidium endospore - a small asexual spore that develops inside the cell of some bacteria and algae carpospore - a nonmotile spore of red algae chlamydospore - thick-walled asexual resting spore of certain fungi and algae conidiospore, conidium - an asexually produced fungal spore formed on a conidiophore oospore - a thick-walled sexual spore that develops from a fertilized oosphere in some algae and fungi resting spore - a spore of certain algae or fungi that lies dormant; may germinate after a prolonged period tetraspore - one of the four asexual spores produced within a sporangium zoospore - an asexual spore of some algae and fungi that moves by means of flagella fern seed - the asexual spore of ferns that resembles dust; once thought to be seeds and to make the possessor invisible pollen - the fine spores that contain male gametes and that are borne by an anther in a flowering plant microspore - smaller of the two types of spore produced in heterosporous plants; develops in the pollen sac into a male gametophyte macrospore, megaspore - larger of the two types of spore produced in heterosporous plants; develops in ovule into a female gametophyte aeciospore - spore of a rust fungus formed in an aecium ascospore - sexually produced fungal spore formed within an ascus zygospore - a plant spore formed by two similar sexual cells

Translations

spore [spɔːʳ] N → espora f

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spore [ˈspɔː^r] n [bacteria, fungus] → spore f

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spore

n → Spore f

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spore [spɔːʳ] n → spora

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spore [spɔːʳ] n → spora

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spore

n spore [spoː]

a tiny seedlike cell from which ferns and other types of non-flowering plant grow. spoor خَلِيَّه وَحيدَه бот. спора výtrus spore die Spore σπόρι espora eos هاگ itiö spore נֶבֶג बीजाणु spora, truska spóra spora gró spora 胞子 홀씨, 포자 spora spora spora spore spore zarodnik esporo spor спора výtrus tros spora spor เซลล์สืบพันธุ์ของพืชหรือสัตว์ประเภทโปรโตซัว spor 孢子 спора بہت سے نباتات اور خورد حیویوں کا تولیدی خلیہ bào tử 孢子