单词 | spore |
释义 | sporen. 1. Botany. One of the minute reproductive bodies characteristic of flowerless plants. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > spore or sporule > [noun] sporule1819 sporidiolum1832 spore1836 sporid1847 sporidium1867 1836 M. J. Berkeley in J. E. Smith Eng. Flora V. ii. 341 Fertile branchlets..bearing quaternate spores. 1839 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. (ed. 3) 260 The sporangia burst..and emit minute particles named spores or sporules, from which new plants are produced. 1863 M. J. Berkeley Handbk. Brit. Mosses i. 2 The cellular product of the germinating spores..in Mosses consists of more or less branched threads. 1889 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 25 185 Causing the peristome..to open.., disclosing the interior of the capsule with its beautiful golden spores. 2. Zoology and Biology. A very minute germ or organism. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > organism > micro-organism > [noun] microphyte1859 microzoon1859 microzoary1863 mycetes1874 spore1876 microbe1880 microorganism1880 microzooid1881 microbion1883 bug1885 macrospore1888 microzoan1890 microzoarian1890 zymophyte1890 germ1897 bot1937 probiotic1974 1876 J. Van Duyn & E. C. Seguin tr. E. L. Wagner Man. Gen. Pathol. 85 The latter represent the cells, which are the germs of new individuals (spores, etc.). 1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 859 The contained protoplasm gives origin to a single spore..or to a large number. Compounds C1. attributive, as spore-capsule, spore-cell, spore-dot, spore-fruit, spore-germ, spore-sac, spore-theca, spore-wall.Also spore-bud, -cyst, -formation, -membrane, etc. ΚΠ 1856 W. L. Lindsay Pop. Hist. Brit. Lichens 69 The spore-wall varies in thickness. 1857 A. Henfrey Elem. Course Bot. 154 The fruits consist of capsules of globular or oval form (sporo~carps, or spore-fruits). 1857 A. Henfrey Elem. Course Bot. 168 The larger (spore-sacs), containing the spore-germs. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 978/1 The spores are formed in a joint or joints of the spore-threads. 1882 S. H. Vines tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) 233 The entire spore-capsule of a Moss. 1882 S. H. Vines tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) 437 The mother-cell splitting up into four spore-cells. 1885 G. L. Goodale in A. Gray & G. L. Goodale Bot. Text-bk. (ed. 6) II. i. iii. 164 The formation in ferns of the sori, or spore-dots. C2. spore print n. a permanent image of the spore-producing structures of a fungal fruiting body, made by allowing spores to fall a short distance on to a surface where they adhere. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > laboratory analysis > material > [noun] > spore print spore print1900 1900 McIlvaine & Macadam Thousand Amer. Fungi p. xxx When a spore-print is to be taken, select a fully-grown specimen, remove the stem, place the spore-bearing surface upon the gummed paper, cover tightly with an inverted bowl or saucer, and allow to stand undisturbed for eight or ten hours. 1969 F. E. Round Introd. Lower Plants vi. 85 Spore colour is a valuable aid to identification and is easily detected by placing a mature ‘mushroom’ head on a piece of white paper and leaving over~night to produce a ‘spore print’. C3. spore-bearing adj. ΚΠ 1857 T. Moore Handbk. Brit. Ferns (ed. 3) 10 The involute..segments of the spore-bearing leaf. spore-forming adj. ΚΠ 1880 C. E. Bessey Bot. 319 Little lateral branches budding out upon the spore-forming hyphæ. spore-producing adj. ΚΠ 1882 S. H. Vines tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) 387 In many cases..the spore-producing generation attains great dimensions. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1836 |
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