spore
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 (Freq. 2)
- a sexual spore is formed after the fusion of gametes
• Hypernyms:
agamete
• Hyponyms:
basidiospore, endospore, carpospore, chlamydospore, conidium,
conidiospore, oospore, resting spore, tetraspore, zoospore, fern seed,
fern seed, microspore, megaspore, macrospore, aeciospore,
ascospore, zygospore
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