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sporeling

American

[spawr-ling, spohr-] / ˈspɔr lɪŋ, ˈspoʊr- /

noun

Botany, Mycology. the young individual developed from a spore.

Etymology

Origin of sporeling

1905–10; spore + -ling ¹, as in seedling

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