Crossword clues for sporulation
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sporulation \Spor`u*la"tion\ (sp[o^]r`[-u]*l[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. (Biol.) The act or process of forming spores; spore formation. See Illust. of Bacillus, (b) .
Wiktionary
n. The process of a bacterium becoming a spore
WordNet
n. asexual reproduction by the production and release of spores [syn: monogenesis]
Usage examples of "sporulation".
Donald Tremaine knew little about Sporeworld, other than that the reproductive ecology was geared to sporulation, with anywhere from a pair up to twelve or more contributors of the same species merging in a chaotic shuffling of what passed for genes before the spore was formed.
At last the moss was so glutted that it went into sporulation, puffing up cancerously and sending milky clouds of reproductive bodies spewing into the air.
As active bacilli or after sporulation on contact with air, the disease was literally designed to spread into the countryside.