: 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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Emily Mullin, WIRED, 16 Oct. 2024
Paleontologists have previously documented spikes in fungal spores from the time period just after impact, which would have provided ants plenty of fodder to farm.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Oct. 2024
Quanta Magazine, 5 Nov. 2015
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Noun
Mold spores—reproductive cells that act like seeds—travel through the air both outdoors and indoors.
—Emily Mullin, WIRED, 16 Oct. 2024
Paleontologists have previously documented spikes in fungal spores from the time period just after impact, which would have provided ants plenty of fodder to farm.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Oct. 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 16 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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