bepaald soort schimmel, Claviceps purpurea uit de klasse van de Sordariomycetes, die op de aren van granen als rogge en tarwe en andere grassen als kropaar groeit
spur (implement that is fixed to one’s heel for prodding horses) · spur (naturally growing spike of an animal) · stimulus, incentive
çekim: çoğul esporas
köken: Via Old Galician-Portuguese espora from Gothic *𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰 (*spaura), from Proto-Germanic *spurô (“spur”); compare Old High German sporo, Old Norse spori. Not to be confused with esporo (“spore”).
spore (reproductive particle) · spore (resistant particle produced by bacterium or protist) · spur (a rigid implement, often roughly y-shaped, that is fixed to one's heel for purpose of prodding a horse)
çekim: çoğul sporer · tamlayan spores
köken: * (spore):, from Ancient Greek σπορά (sporá, “seed, a sowing”). * (spur):, from Old Norse spori, from Proto-Germanic *spurô.
Inherited from Old French argot, considered from a substrate root *arg- related to thorns and pointy things widespread in Western Romance, for related forms see Galician argana (“awn”), Spanish aulaga (“gorse”).