sporulating
sporulating is the present participle and gerund of sporulate.
Meaning of sporulate
Verb
sporulate (third-person singular simple present sporulates, present participle sporulating, simple past and past participle sporulated)
- To produce spores.
- She was also their science teacher and had taught them about slime molds in biology class, about how the singular organisms came together to form a multicellular body in order to sporulate and reproduce, before breaking apart again.2021, Ruth Ozeki, The Book of Form and Emptiness, Canongate Books (2022), pages 95–96
- To convert into spores.
- A part of the protoplasm is not sporulated but forms a capillitium.1885, Edwin Ray Lankester, Encyclopædia Britannica, volume vol. XIX. 854/1
Adjective
sporulating (comparative more sporulating, superlative most sporulating)
- Producing spores
Forms of sporulating
| comparative | more sporulating |
|---|---|
| superlative | most sporulating |
Words formed from sporulating
Questions about sporulating
- What does sporulating mean?
- Sporulating means producing spores.
- What is sporulating the present participle and gerund of?
- Sporulating is the present participle and gerund of sporulate.
- What part of speech is sporulating?
- Sporulating is an adjective.
Words near sporulating in the dictionary
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