SPORULATE

sporulate

(verb) convert into spores

sporulate

(verb) produce spores; “plants sporulate”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

sporulate (third-person singular simple present sporulates, present participle sporulating, simple past and past participle sporulated)

(biology, intransitive) To produce spores

Adjective

sporulate (not comparable)

(botany) That produces spores

Antonyms

• asporulate

Anagrams

• sportulae

Source: Wiktionary



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