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spore

noun

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…

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Word length
5
Starts with
S
Ends with
E
Contains
PO
Scrabble score
7

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Pronunciation

spɔː

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noun

  1. 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

    “A sexual spore is formed after the fusion of gametes”

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A sexual spore is formed after the fusion of gametes

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