sporulation (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *sporulation*:
NOUN	process	sporulation, monogenesis	asexual reproduction by the production and release of spores

English > *sporulation*: 1 sense > noun 1, process
Meaning	asexual reproduction by the production and release of spores.
Synonym	monogenesis
Narrower	heterospory	The development of both microspores and megaspores
Narrower	homospory	The development of a single kind of asexual spores
Broader	asexual reproduction, agamogenesis	reproduction without the fusion of gametes
Spanish	esporulación, monogénesis
Catalan	esporulació, monogènesi, monogénesis
Verbs	sporulate	produce spores

HyperDic: sporulation