spore

noun/spɔr/

Frequency rank: #13,101 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

a small reproductive unit produced by fungi, plants, or bacteria, capable of developing into a new organism.

Illustration for the English word “spore”

Example sentence

A single spore can drift on the wind and grow into a new mushroom.

Synonyms & related words

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