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動詞

sporulate (三人称単数 現在形 sporulates, 現在分詞 sporulating, 過去形および過去分詞形 sporulated)

1. (biology, intransitive) To produce spores.
   • 2021, Ruth Ozeki, The Book of Form and Emptiness, Canongate Books (2022), pages 95-96:

     She was also their science teacher and had taught them about slime molds in biology class, about how the singular organisms came together to form a multicellular body in order to sporulate and reproduce, before breaking apart again.

派生語

• endosporulate

関連する語

• sporulation

形容詞

sporulate (not comparable)

1. (botany) That produces spores

反意語

• asporulate

アナグラム

• louse trap, sportulae