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Word entry · 5 letters

spore

Best crossword clue

"Fungal reproductive cell"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /spɔː(ɹ)/Part of speech nounSorted eoprsStarts with SEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. A tiny reproductive cell that can grow into a new fungus, plant, or microbe.

Word origin

From New Latin spora, from Ancient Greek σπορά (sporá, “seed”), related to σπόρος (spóros, “sowing”) and σπείρω (speírō, “to sow”). Related to English spread).

Used in a sentence

  • After anthrax spores were found in letters sent to Sens. Patrick Leahy and Thomas Daschle in 2001, Congress began screening all the mail that came into the building.

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