What is the meaning of spore?

noun

  • 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.
    • usage: "a sexual spore is formed after the fusion of gametes"
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