Nature terminology · Plants & fungi

spor/o — Seed or spore

spor/o means seed or spore. Ancient Greek source words and nature terminology examples: sporophyte.

Meaning and source words

Meaning: Seed or spore

• Ancient Greek: σπορά (spora)

Examples and word parts

sporophyte

The spore-producing diploid generation in a plant's life cycle.

Word parts: spor/o (spore) + -phyte (plant)

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Related plants & fungi terms

• phyt/o — Plant

  phytoplankton

• dendr/o — Tree

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• arbor- — Tree

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• phyll/o — Leaf

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• foli/o — Leaf

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• rhiz/o — Root

  rhizosphere

• radic- — Root

  radicle

• anth/o — Flower

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