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  • adjective bearing spores instead of producing seeds

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Examples

  • Further, when viewed with scanning electron microscopy, the convoluted spore-bearing surface in the mushroom's interior resembles a "seafloor covered with tube sponges, reminiscent of the fictitious home of SpongeBob".

    The new fungus from Bikini Bottom 2011

  • Such cross sections of truffle reveal its inner structure: a network of fine veins running between masses of spore-bearing cells.

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

  • Such cross sections of truffle reveal its inner structure: a network of fine veins running between masses of spore-bearing cells.

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

  • The sequence of plant life in the fossil record finds the algaelike plants (Hebrew, deshe) appearing first, followed by spore-bearing or external seed-bearing plants (Hebrew eseb) like ferns, horsetail, and gymnosperms (conifers), which dominated the earth during the time of the dinosaurs.

    The Source John Clayton Nils Jansma 2001

  • The sequence of plant life in the fossil record finds the algaelike plants (Hebrew, deshe) appearing first, followed by spore-bearing or external seed-bearing plants (Hebrew eseb) like ferns, horsetail, and gymnosperms (conifers), which dominated the earth during the time of the dinosaurs.

    The Source John Clayton Nils Jansma 2001

  • Crew Biologist; able to camouflage feeling with scientific theories; superior intelligence allows for dominance over all males or spore-bearing entities.

    Microserfs Coupland, Douglas 1995

  • If one observes more closely, he will find spore-bearing pustules occurring as little round elevations upon the depressed part of the bark.

    Northern Nut Growers Association, report of the proceedings at the sixth annual meeting Rochester, New York, September 1 and 2, 1915

  • In this the spore-bearing surface is on the upper or outside surface of the mushroom cap.

    Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners Caroline A. Burgin

  • The exterior surface of the cap is the spore-bearing portion, and the spores are developed in their sacs, but only seen under

    Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners Caroline A. Burgin

  • The flower may consist only of spore-bearing leaves, as in willow, where each flower comprises only a few stamens or two carpels.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various

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