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Definitions for Spore

[1] Biology . a walled, single- to many-celled, reproductive body of an organism, capable of giving rise to a new individual either directly or indirectly.
[2] a germ, germ cell, seed, or the like.
[3] to bear or produce spores.
[4] variant of sporo-, as final element of compound words: teliospore.
[5] 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
[6] a germ cell, seed, dormant bacterium, or similar body
[7] (intr) to produce, carry, or release spores

Words related to Spore

egg, grain, nut, berry, corn, germ, unit, bacterium, kernel, concept, rudiment, impression, inkling, ovum, cell, start, suspicion, bud, image, core

Words nearby Spore

sporades, sporadic, sporangiophore, sporangiospore, sporangium, spore, spore case, spore fruit, spore print, sporeling, spori-

Origin of Spore

1830–40; < New Latin spora < Greek sporá sowing, seed, akin to speírein to sow; see sperm1

Other words from Spore

spo·ral , adjective
spo·roid , adjective
in·ter·spor·al , adjective
spo•ra′ ceous (spə-rā′ shəs, spô- ) adj.

Word origin for Spore

C19: from New Latin spora, from Greek: a sowing; related to Greek speirein to sow

Synonyms for Spore

berry, corn, egg, grain, nut, bud, cell, conceit, concept, conception, core, ear, embryo, germ, image, impression, inkling, kernel, notion, nucleus, ovule, ovum, particle, rudiment, semen, spark, sperm, start, suspicion