spore
noun
1 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.
Roget 330:
powderiness†
[State of powder.],
pulverulence†;
sandiness
etc.
adj.;
efflorescence;
friability.
powder,
dust,
sand,
shingle;
sawdust;
grit;
meal,
bran,
flour,
farina,
rice,
paddy,
spore,
sporule†;
crumb,
seed,
grain;
particle
etc.
(smallness)
32;
limature†,
filings,
debris,
detritus,
tailings,
talus slope,
scobs†,
magistery†,
fine powder;
flocculi [Lat.].
smoke;
cloud of dust,
cloud of sand,
cloud of smoke;
puff of smoke,
volume of smoke;
sand storm,
dust storm.
[Reduction to powder]
pulverization,
comminution†,
attenuation,
granulation,
disintegration,
subaction†,
contusion,
trituration [Chem],
levigation†,
abrasion,
detrition,
multure†;
limitation;
tripsis†;
filing
etc.
v..
[Instruments for pulverization]
mill,
arrastra†,
gristmill,
grater,
rasp,
file,
mortar and pestle,
nutmeg grater,
teeth,
grinder,
grindstone,
kern†,
quern†,
koniology†.
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Dutch: spoor
Polish: zarodnik, spora
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