| sporicidal | Lethal to spores. Origin: spori-+ L. Caedo, to kill (05 Mar 2000) |
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| sporicide | An agent that kills spores. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sporid | <botany> A sporidium. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sporidesmins | A group of related mycotoxins produced by the pasture fungus pithomyces chartarum (formerly sporidesmium bakeri); causes liver damage and facial eczema in cattle and sheep. (12 Dec 1998) |
| sporidiferous | <botany> Bearing sporidia. Origin: Sporidium. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sporidium | Origin: NL. See Spore. <botany> A secondary spore, or a filament produced from a spore, in certain kinds of minute fungi. A spore. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sporiferous | <biology> Bearing or producing spores. Origin: Spore. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sporification | <biology> Spore formation. See Spore formation, under Spore. Origin: Spore + L. -ficare (in comp) to make. See -fy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |