spore, n.
(spores)
freq. cnt. 2
(spores)
freq. cnt. 2
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
<noun.plant> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
spore
sample sentences
"a sexual spore is formed after the fusion of gametes"
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