What is the meaning of Spore?

  • (n.) One of the minute grains in flowerless plants, which are analogous to seeds, as serving to reproduce the species.
  • (n.) An embryo sac or embryonal vesicle in the ovules of flowering plants.
  • (n.) One of the parts formed by fission in certain Protozoa. See Spore formation, belw.
  • (n.) A minute grain or germ; a small, round or ovoid body, formed in certain organisms, and by germination giving rise to a new organism; as, the reproductive spores of bacteria, etc.
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APAWebster's. (2011). spore. Retrieved September 21, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/spore/definitions/2065269
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MLAWebster's. "spore" 28 May 2011. Web. 21 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/spore/definitions/2065269>
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