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endosporulate

endosporulate verb: (of a bacterium) To produce endospores.

Verb

endosporulate (third-person singular simple present endosporulates, present participle endosporulating, simple past and past participle endosporulated)

  1. (intransitive) (of a bacterium) To produce endospores.

Forms of endosporulate

third-person singular presentendosporulates
present participleendosporulating
past participleendosporulated
pastendosporulated

Origin of endosporulate

From endo- + sporulate.

Questions about endosporulate

What does endosporulate mean?
Endosporulate means (of a bacterium) To produce endospores.
What part of speech is endosporulate?
Endosporulate is a verb.
What is the past tense of endosporulate?
The past tense of endosporulate is endosporulated.

Words near endosporulate in the dictionary

  1. endospores
  2. endosporia
  3. endosporic
  4. endosporium
  5. endosporous
  6. endosporulate
  7. endosporulated
  8. endosporulates
  9. endosporulating
  10. endosporulation
  11. endosporulations

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