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Definition of Spore case

1. Noun. Organ containing or producing spores.

2. Noun. Specialized leaf branch in certain aquatic ferns that encloses the sori or clusters of sporangia.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spore Case

sporadic bovine leukosis sporadical sporadically sporadin sporadotrichina sporal sporange sporanges sporangia sporangial

sporangiophore sporangiophores spore case (current term) spore germination protease spore mother cell spore photoproduct lyase spore print spore prints spore sac sporebearing

spored sporelike sporeprint sporeprints spores sporgeries sporgery

Literary usage of Spore case

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"At maturity the spore-case splits longitudinally into two parts in order to set ... The spore-case is raised on a stalk (pseudo- podium) of the leafy plant, ..."

2. Manual of Bacteriology by Robert Muir, James Ritchie (1907)
"Sometimes the spore-case does not dehisce, but is simply absorbed by the developing bacterium. It is important to note that in the bacteria spore formation ..."

3. The Treasury of Botany: A Popular Dictionary of the Vegetable Kingdom; with by John Lindley (1866)
"The presence of the annulus or ring around the spore-case, in some form, either completely surrounding it, or In a more or less rudimentary condition, ..."

4. Manual of bacteriology by Robert Muir, James Ritchie (1913)
"In the last case the dehiscence may be partial, and the new individual may remain for a time attached by its ends to the hinged spore case, ..."

5. A Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities by John Merle Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Henry Chandler Cowles (1910)
"The wall of the spore case dries and ruptures, and the hygroscopic ... Even the spore case may be lacking, the spores being cut off from branches sent out ..."

6. Manual of Bacteriology by Robert Muir, James Ritchie (1903)
"In the last case the dehiscence may be partial, and the new individual may remain for a time attached by its ends to the hinged spore-case, ..."

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