Usually means: Reproductive unit for fungi, plants.
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We found 49 dictionaries that define the word spore:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. spore: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. -spore, spore: Merriam-Webster
  3. spore: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. spore: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. spore: Collins English Dictionary
  6. spore: Vocabulary.com
  7. S'pore, Spore, s'pore, spore: Wordnik
  8. spore: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. S'pore, spore: Wiktionary
  10. spore: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. spore: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. spore: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. -spore, spore: Dictionary.com
  14. spore: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Spore (band), Spore (computer game), Spore (disambiguation), Spore: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Spore: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. spore: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. spore: Rhymezone
  19. Spore: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. S'pore: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  21. spore: FreeDictionary.org
  22. spore: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. spore: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Epicurus.com Coffee Glossary (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. S'pore, spore: Encyclopedia

Medicine (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. spore: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Spore: Merck Manuals
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Hypermedia Glossary Of Genetic Terms (No longer online)
  6. Microbial Genetics Glossary (No longer online)
  7. -spore, spore: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. SPORE: Acronym Finder
  2. Glossary of Terrorism Terms (No longer online)

Science (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  2. Spore: Biology dictionary
  3. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  4. GreenWeb Gardening Glossary (No longer online)
  5. Tree of Life Glossary (No longer online)
  6. Bryological (No longer online)
  7. Flora of New South Wales (No longer online)
  8. Biological Control (No longer online)
  9. spore: Natural History Terms
  10. AGRICULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. S.P.O.R.E, s'pore: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Dairy Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A reproductive particle, usually a single cell, released by a fungus, alga, or plant that may germinate into another.
noun:  A thick resistant particle produced by a bacterium or protist to survive in harsh or unfavorable conditions.
verb:  To produce spores.

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