Sporulate

adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To produce spores. intransitive

    "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."

  2. 2
    convert into spores wordnet
  3. 3
    To convert into spores. transitive

    "A part of the protoplasm is not sporulated but forms a capillitium."

  4. 4
    produce spores wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    That produces spores not-comparable

Example

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"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."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From sporule + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Etymology 2

From sporul(e) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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