"reproductive body in flowerless plants corresponding to the seeds of flowering ones," 1836, from Modern Latin spora, from Greek spora "a seed, a sowing, seed-time," related to sporas "scattered, dispersed," sporos "a sowing," and speirein "to sow, scatter," from PIE *spor-, variant of root *sper- (4) "to strew" (see sprout (v.)).
例文
1. A spore can quickly spread and form a mould.
胞子は急速に広がり、カビを形成することができる。
2.The cation penetrates the spore .
この陽イオンは胞子に透過することができる。
3.The suppressors had no effect on spore germination of Magnaporthe grisea.
抑制子はイネコレラ胞子の発芽に影響を与えなかった。
4.BTH had no direct inhibition to the spore germination and mycelial growth.
BTHは炭疽菌胞子の発芽および菌糸の成長に直接抑制作用がない。
5.Zoospore An asexual motile spore produced by a zoosporangium.