Spore — definition

1. spore (Noun)

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. ex. "a sexual spore is formed after the fusion of gametes"

agamete aeciospore ascospore basidiospore carpospore chlamydospore conidiospore conidium endospore fern seed macrospore megaspore microspore oospore pollen resting spore tetraspore zoospore zygospore