Associations to the word «Spore»

Wiktionary

SPORE, noun. A reproductive particle, usually a single cell, released by a fungus, alga, or plant that may germinate into another.
SPORE, noun. A thick resistant particle produced by a bacterium or protist to survive in harsh or unfavorable conditions.
SPORE, verb. To produce spores.
SPORE FRUIT, noun. Ascocarp
SPORE FRUITS, noun. Plural of spore fruit
SPORE PRINT, noun. (mycology) The distinctive and identifying pattern and color produced after the cap of a mushroom is pressed against a white page.
SPORE PRINTS, noun. Plural of spore print

Dictionary definition

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 individual without sexual fusion; "a sexual spore is formed after the fusion of gametes".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats