sporulate

English

Etymology

From sporule +‎ -ate.

Verb

sporulate (third-person singular simple present sporulates, present participle sporulating, simple past and past participle sporulated)

1. (biology, intransitive) To produce spores.
   • 2021, Ruth Ozeki, The Book of Form and Emptiness, Canongate Books (2022), pages 95–96:

     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.

Derived terms

• endosporulate

Related terms

• sporulation

Adjective

sporulate (not comparable)

1. (botany) That produces spores

Antonyms

• asporulate

Anagrams

• louse trap, sportulae