sporoplasm

noun

spo·​ro·​plasm

plural -s

: a mass of protoplasm that gives rise to or forms a spore

especially : the protoplasmic body that is released as an infective amoebula from a cnidosporidian cyst

Word History

Etymology

spor- + -plasm

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