spore

IPA: spˈɔr

A reproductive particle, usually a single cell, released by a fungus, alga, or plant that may germinate into another.
A thick resistant particle produced by a bacterium or protist to survive in harsh or unfavorable conditions.

Examples of "spore" in Sentences

The fungus before the spore is the inevitable induction.
Fern spores are formed in little sacs known as spore-cases or sporángia
Tiny molecular compound copies of me spray out in spore clouds to infect and replicate other flesh.
Here are Shiitakes growing in spore-enriched soil bricks, one of the common ways they are cultivated.
i live in spore and also do like the mrt system. its rather convenient. and im looking fwd to its new lines
That would be the end of it, except that the spore was a species of yeast that happened to like cold weather.
You have to grow it in such a way that it would be -- the bacillus germinates into a spore, which is it's dormant form.
They are formed by the ends of the filaments swelling up and becoming constricted, so as to form an oval spore, which is then cut off by a wall.
The bacteria and the spore are the same; it's whether you inhale it; whether you get it on your skin, a little spore on your skin, and it goes through a cut on your skin; or you eat it in some food.
All of the common _Ascomycetes_ belong to the second division, and have the spore sacs contained in special structures called spore fruits, that may reach a diameter of several centimetres in a few cases, though ordinarily much smaller.