Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In botany: A name restricted by some to the reproductive organs or so-called spores which are borne upon and detached from a promycelium; by others also given to the spores produced in asci or ascospores.
- noun A spore, See
promycelium .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A secondary spore, or a filament produced from a spore, in certain kinds of minute fungi.
- noun A spore.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun botany A secondary spore, or a filament produced from a spore, in certain kinds of minute fungi.
- noun A
spore .
Etymologies
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New Latin. See spore.
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Examples
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The latter will not, unfortunately, kill crypto-sporidium, so it's best to use chemicals and a filter if you can't boil the water.
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Also under the new initiative, EPA, FDA and the CDC will collaborate with state and local health departments on research to help health officials better predict and control outbreaks of waterborne microbial contaminants, such as crypto sporidium.
Vp Announces Food Safety Plan ITY National Archives 1997
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"It could have cryptus sporidium in it," Divine said.
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August 3rd, 2008 at 3: 47 pm sporidium: Well said.
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August 3rd, 2008 at 1: 21 pm sporidium; Why yes they do.
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