RESTING SPORE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does resting spore mean? 

• RESTING SPORE (noun)
  The noun RESTING SPORE has 1 sense:

1. a spore of certain algae or fungi that lies dormant; may germinate after a prolonged period

  Familiarity information: RESTING SPORE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RESTING SPORE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A spore of certain algae or fungi that lies dormant; may germinate after a prolonged period

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("resting spore" is a kind of...):

spore (a small usually single-celled asexual reproductive body produced by many nonflowering plants and fungi and some bacteria and protozoans and that are capable of developing into a new individual without sexual fusion)