spore
Example Sentences
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On the underside of its cap are white gills and spores.
From Los Angeles Times
It is only logical, writes Mr. Scharf in “The Giant Leap,” that this life should then spread itself through space in what he terms a great “dispersal,” as though humans were airborne seeds or spores.
His photography focuses on the fruiting bodies of the slime mould, where the colour and drama are most intense, and from where spores are released.
From BBC
“If I have to look at one more shot of spores and fog, I’m going to lose my mind.”
From Los Angeles Times
Yet the glass fiber filters used to trap airborne particles also preserved traces of DNA from pollen, spores, and other microscopic biological material.
From Science Daily
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