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Sporran :: Sporozoid (n.) Same as Zoospore.

Sterlet :: Sterilize (v. t.) To destroy all spores or germs in (an organic fluid or mixture), as by heat, so as to prevent the development of bacterial or other organisms..

Gemma :: Gemma (n.) A bud spore; one of the small spores or buds in the reproduction of certain Protozoa, which separate one at a time from the parent cell..

Fruit :: Fruit (v. t.) The spore cases or conceptacles of flowerless plants, as of ferns, mosses, algae, etc., with the spores contained in them..

Underspore :: Underspore (v. t.) To raise with a spar, or piece of wood, used as a lever..

Bacterium :: Bacterium (n.) A microscopic vegetable organism, belonging to the class Algae, usually in the form of a jointed rodlike filament, and found in putrefying organic infusions. Bacteria are destitute of chlorophyll, and are the smallest of microscopic organisms. They are very widely diffused in nature, and multiply with marvelous rapidity, both by fission and by spores. Certain species are active agents in fermentation, while others appear to be the cause of certain infectious diseases. See Bacillus

Acrospore :: Acrospore (n.) A spore borne at the extremity of the cells of fructification in fungi.

Ascospore :: Ascospore (n.) One of the spores contained in the asci of lichens and fungi. [See Illust. of Ascus..

Zygospore :: Zygospore (n.) A spore formed by the union of several zoospores; -- called also zygozoospore.

Perispore :: Perispore (n.) The outer covering of a spore.

Uredospore :: Uredospore (n.) The thin-walled summer spore which is produced during the so-called Uredo stage of certain rusts. See (in the Supplement) Uredinales, Heter/cious, etc..

Endosporous :: Endosporous (a.) Having the spores contained in a case; -- applied to fungi.

Stichomancy :: Stichidium (n.) A special podlike or fusiform branch containing tetraspores. It is found in certain red algae.

Microsporic :: Microsporic (a.) Of or pertaining to microspores.

Macrozoospore :: Macrozoospore (n.) A large motile spore having four vibratile cilia; -- found in certain green algae.

Sterile :: Sterile (a.) Free from reproductive spores or germs; as, a sterile fluid..

Spermatospore :: Spermatospore (n.) Same as Spermospore.

Paraphysis :: Paraphysis (n.) A minute jointed filament growing among the archegonia and antheridia of mosses, or with the spore cases, etc., of other flowerless plants..

Macrospore :: Macrospore (n.) One of the specially large spores of certain flowerless plants, as Selaginella, etc..

Melanosperm :: Melanosperm (n.) An alga of any kind that produces blackish spores, or seed dust. The melanosperms include the rockweeds and all kinds of kelp..

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