Plant spores

found: Oxford dict. of biology, 2004 (spore: Spores are produced by plants, fungi, bacteria, and some protoctists. In plants showing alternation of generation, spores are formed by the sporophyte generation and give rise to the gametophyte generation.)

found: Facts on file dict,. of botany, 2002 (spore: a unicellular or multicellular plant reproductive body. Generally, the term is applied to reproductive units produced asexually, such as the spores of bryophytes and ferns.)

found: Penguin dict. of biology, 2000 (spore: Spores occur in all plant groups, algae, fungi, bacteria, Cyanobacteria, protozoans, and other protists.)

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