Spore

имя существительное [биология] спора Например: Each spore has its own protective envelope. — Каждая спора имеет свою собственную защитную оболочку.

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Spore

I. noun Etymology: New Latin spora seed, spore, from Greek, act of sowing, seed, from speirein to sow — more at sperm 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 • spored adjective II. intransitive verb (spored; sporing) to produce or reproduce by spores

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