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Spore

2 stages from Greek to English.

Today it means a small reproductive cell produced by fungi, ferns, mosses, and some bacteria
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Stage 1 of 2
sporos
Greek · ancient
"a seed, a sowing"
a sowing, a seed, from speirein (to sow)
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Stage 2 of 2
spore
English · 1836
"a reproductive cell of fungi, ferns, or mosses"
adopted by botanists for the reproductive cell of fungi, ferns, and mosses
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