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sporidiferous (sporidif'e'rus) a. [Gk. 

 sporos, seed ; L. ferre, to bear.] 

 Sporidia-bearing (hot.}, 



sporidiole (sporid'iol) n. [Gk. sporos, 

 seed.] A protobasidium ; a spori- 

 dium arising from rust promycelium 

 (hot.}. 



sporidium (sporid'ium) n. [Gk. 

 sporos, seed.] A gonidium de- 

 veloped by abstriction from a 

 gonidiophore in Fungi ; spore of 

 an ascus (dot.). 



sporlferous (sporlf'erus) a. [Gk. 

 sporos, seed ; L. ferre, to bear.] 

 Spore-bearing. 



specification (spo'rifika'shun) n. [Gk. 

 sporos, seed ; L. facere, to make.] 

 Formation of spores. 



sporiparity (spo'ripar'iti) n. [Gk. 

 sporos, seed ; L. parere, to beget.] 

 Reproduction by spore formation. 



sporiparous (sporip'arus) a. [Gk. 

 sporos, seed ; L. parere, to beget.] 

 Reproducing by spore formation. 



sporoblast (spo'roblast) n, [Gk. 

 sporos, seed ; blastos, bud.] An 

 archespore ; a stage in spore forma- 

 tion, a sporoblast giving rise to 

 spores, and these to sporozoites. 



sporocarp (spo'rokarp) n. [Gk. sporos, 

 seed ; karpos, fruit.] An ascocarp ; 

 a structure formed from archicarp 

 and investing hyphae, enclosing 

 spored asci (bot.}. 



sporocyst (spo'roslst) n. [Gk. sporos, 

 seed ; kystis, bladder.] A stage in 

 spore formation preceding the 

 liberation of spores in many Pro- 

 tozoa ; the encysted embryo stage 

 of a Trematode after degeneration 

 following on entry into intermedi- 

 ate host (zool.}. 



sporocyte (spo'roslt) n. [Gk. sporos, 

 seed ; kytos, hollow.] A spore 

 mother cell. 



sporoduct (spo'rodukt) n. [Gk. sporos, 

 seed ; L. ducere, to lead.] A special 

 apparatus for the dissemination of 

 spores of Sporozoa (zool.}. 



sporogenesis, spore formation. 



sporogenous (sporoj'gnus) a. Gk. 

 sporos, seed ; genos, offspring.] 

 Spore-producing ; sporiparous. 



sporogonial (sporogo'nlal) a. [Gk. 

 sporos, seed ; gonos, offspring.] 

 Pert, a sporogonium (bot.}. 



sporogonium (sporogo'nium) //. [Gk. 



sporos, seed ; gonos, offspring.] A 

 structure developed from a fertilized 

 oosphere of an archegonium, giving 

 rise to asexual spores, in Mosses 

 (bot.}. 



sporogony, spore formation, follow- 

 ing schizogony or the asexual 

 process of reproduction (zool.}. 



sporoid (spo'roid) a. [Gk. sporos, 

 seed ; eidos, like.] Like a spore. 



sporont (sporont') n. [Gk. sporos, 

 seed ; 0ns, being.] The gameto- 

 cyte stage in the life-history of 

 Sporozoa (zool.}. 



sporophore (spo'rofor) n. [Gk. sporos, 

 seed ; pherein, to bear.] A vertical 

 branch which gives rise to spores 

 by abstriction or otherwise, in Fungi 

 (**} 



sporophydium (sporofid'lum) n. [Gk. 

 sporos, seed ; phyas, a shoot.] The 

 sporangium of certain Thallophytes 

 (bot.\ 



sporophyll (spo'rofll) n. [Gk. sporos, 

 seed ; phyllon, a leaf.] A spor- 

 angium-bearing leaf of Ptendo- 

 phytes (bot.}. 



sporophyte (spo'roflt) n. [Gk. sporos, 

 seed ; phyton, plant.] A stem 

 covered with sporophylls or leaves, 

 each bearing a sporangium, in 

 Pteridophytes ; the asexual genera- 

 tion of Ferns ; cf. gametophyte 

 (bot.}. 



sporoplasm (spo'roplazm) n. [Gk. 

 sporos, seed ; plasma, something 

 moulded.] The sporozoite, bi- 

 nucleate amoebula, or central part 

 of a spore. 



sporosac (spo'rdsak) n. [Gk. sporos, 

 seed ; L. saccus, a sack.] An ovoid 

 pouch-like body, consisting of a 

 gonad, a degraded reproductive 

 zooid of a medusoid colony (zool.}. 



sporozoite (spo'rozo'lt) n. [Gk. sporos, 

 seed ; zoon, animal.] A germ 

 liberated through the dissolving 

 of the spore-membrane of sporo- 

 cysts ; a phase in the life-history of 

 Sporozoa. 



sporulation (spor'ulashun) . [L. 

 sporula, a small seed.] Brood- 

 formation by multiple cell-fission. 



spur (spur) . [A.S. spora, a spur.] 

 A calcar (zool.} ; a process of the 

 anterior petal of violets functioning 

 as a nectar receptacle (bot.}. 



