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Bot., Mycol.a spore-bearing structure, as an ascoscarp; sporocarp.[1855-60]
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spore fruit — noun : a specialized structure (as an ascocarp) that produces spores : fruiting body * * * Bot., Mycol. a spore bearing structure, as an ascoscarp; sporocarp. [1855 60] * * * spore fruit, any part of a plant that produces spores, such as an… … Useful english dictionary
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spore — [ spɔr ] n. f. • 1817; gr. spora « semence » ♦ Biol. Corpuscule reproducteur de nombreuses espèces végétales et de certains protozoaires. ⇒ asque, baside, conidie, macrospore, microspore, zoospore; sporange, sporogone, sporophyte, sporulation.… … Encyclopédie Universelle
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