SPORES | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Spore

Speech Type: Noun

Etymology:

mid 19th century: from modern Latin spora, from Greek spora ‘sowing, seed’, from speirein ‘to sow’

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: spɔː
Dialects: British English
Definition:

a minute, typically one-celled, reproductive unit capable of giving rise to a new individual without sexual fusion, characteristic of lower plants, fungi, and protozoans.

Short Definition:

minute reproductive unit capable of giving rise to new individual without sexual fusion, characteristic of lower plants and protozoans

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