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spore
noun(spore)
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
verb(spore)
to produce or reproduce by spores
spore
noun combining form(spore)
spore having (such) a characteristic or origin
spore
noun(spore)
a case containing spores : sporangium
spore
noun(spore)
zoospore
spore
noun(spore)
a destructive disease of scarab beetle grubs and especially Japanese beetle larvae that is caused by spore-producing bacteria (Paenibacillus popilliae synonymBacillus popilliae or Paenibacillus lentimorbus synonym Bacillus lentimorbus) and is is marked by an the opaque, milky appearance of the infected larvae

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