sporulation

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spor·u·late

(spôr′yə-lāt′)

intr.v. spor·u·lat·ed, spor·u·lat·ing, spor·u·lates

To produce or release spores.

[From New Latin sporula, small spore, diminutive of spora, spore, from Greek sporā, seed; see spore.]

spor′u·la′tion n.

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Noun

sporulation - asexual reproduction by the production and release of spores

monogenesis

agamogenesis, asexual reproduction - reproduction without the fusion of gametes

heterospory - the development of both microspores and megaspores

homospory - the development of a single kind of asexual spores

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