Definition of spore

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Spore (n.) An embryo sac or embryonal vesicle in the ovules of flowering plants.

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Spermospore :: Spermospore (n.) The male germinal or seminal cell, from the breaking up of which the spermoblasts are formed and ultimately the spermatozoids; a spermatospore..
Macrozoospore :: Macrozoospore (n.) A large motile spore having four vibratile cilia; -- found in certain green algae.
Brand Spore :: Brand spore () One of several spores growing in a series or chain, and produced by one of the fungi called brand..
Underspore :: Underspore (v. t.) To raise with a spar, or piece of wood, used as a lever..
Oosporic :: Oosporic (a.) Of or pertaining to an oospore.
Androspore :: Androspore (n.) A spore of some algae, which has male functions..
Sporuliferous :: Sporule (n.) A small spore; a spore.
Phycomater :: Phycomater (n.) A gelatin in which the algae spores have been supposed to vegetate.
Selaginella :: Selaginella (n.) A genus of cryptogamous plants resembling Lycopodia, but producing two kinds of spores; also, any plant of this genus. Many species are cultivated in conservatories..
Favella :: Favella (n.) A group of spores arranged without order and covered with a thin gelatinous envelope, as in certain delicate red algae..
Endospore :: Endospore (n.) The thin inner coat of certain spores.
Spore :: Spore (n.) One of the minute grains in flowerless plants, which are analogous to seeds, as serving to reproduce the species..
Zygosperm :: Zygosperm (n.) A spore formed by the union of the contents of two similar cells, either of the same or of distinct individual plants. Zygosperms are found in certain orders of algae and fungi..
Yeast :: Yeast (n.) The foam, or troth (top yeast), or the sediment (bottom yeast), of beer or other in fermentation, which contains the yeast plant or its spores, and under certain conditions produces fermentation in saccharine or farinaceous substances; a preparation used for raising dough for bread or cakes, and making it light and puffy; barm; ferment..
Vegetable :: Vegetable (v.) Plants without true flowers, and reproduced by minute spores of various kinds, or by simple cell division..
Motile :: Motile (a.) Having powers of self-motion, though unconscious; as, the motile spores of certain seaweeds..
Polysporous :: Polysporous (a.) Containing many spores.
Spermatophore :: Spermatophore (n.) Same as Spermospore.
Disporous :: Disporous (a.) Having two spores.
Urn :: Urn (n.) A hollow body shaped like an urn, in which the spores of mosses are contained; a spore case; a theca..
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