spore

¹spore

noun \ˈspȯr\

Definition of SPORE

: a primitive usually unicellular often environmentally resistant dormant or reproductive body produced by plants, fungi, and some microorganisms and capable of development into a new individual either directly or after fusion with another spore

— spored \ˈspȯrd\ adjective

Origin of SPORE

New Latin spora seed, spore, from Greek, act of sowing, seed, from speirein to sow — more at sperm

First Known Use: 1836

Rhymes with SPORE

boar, Boer, bore, chore, cor, core, corps, crore, door, floor, for, fore, four, frore, gore, Gore, hoar, lore, mor, more, nor, o'er, oar, or, ore, poor, pore, pour, roar, score, shore, snore, soar, sore, splore, spoor, store, Thor, tor, torr, war, whore, yore, your