: a primitive usually unicellular often environmentally resistant dormant or reproductive body produced by plants, fungi, and some microorganisms and capable of development into a new individual either directly or after fusion with another spore
: spore having (such) a characteristic or origin
aeciospore
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Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 25 Nov. 2024
Drawn by these compounds, the males attempt to mate with the cadavers, unknowingly exposing themselves to the fungus’s infectious spores.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024
Quanta Magazine, 5 Nov. 2015
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Noun
Just think of all the bits that are stuck in the spores just waiting as food for bacterial growth.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 25 Nov. 2024
Drawn by these compounds, the males attempt to mate with the cadavers, unknowingly exposing themselves to the fungus’s infectious spores.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024
Verb
Two different strains will not contribute equally to spore and stalks.
—Quanta Magazine, 5 Nov. 2015
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“Spore.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spore. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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spore
1 of 2 noun
ˈspō(ə)r 
ˈspȯ(ə)r
: a reproductive body that is produced by fungi and by some plants and microorganisms (as ferns and bacteria) and that usually consists of a single cell and is able to produce a new individual either by developing by itself or after fusion with another spore
spore
2 of 2 verb
spored; sporing
: to produce or reproduce by spores
Medical Definition
spore
1 of 2 noun
: a primitive usually unicellular often environmentally resistant dormant or reproductive body produced by plants, fungi, and some microorganisms and capable of developing into a new individual either directly or after fusion with another spore
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