NOUN | plant | resting spore | a spore of certain algae or fungi that lies dormant |
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Meaning | A spore of certain algae or fungi that lies dormant; may germinate after a prolonged period. | |
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Broader | spore | A small usually single-celled asexual reproductive body produced by many nonflowering plants and fungi and some bacteria and protozoans and that are capable of developing into a new individual without sexual fusion |
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