Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A young plant, fungus, or other organism produced by a germinated spore.

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  • Other techniques for Laminaria cultivation include the application of fertilizer in the sea, breeding of new strains, and disease control of sporeling as well as adult plants.

    4 Coastal Mariculture 1987

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