Sporulate
verb (used without object), sporulated, sporulating. Biology.
1.
to produce spores.
verb
1.
(intransitive) to produce spores, esp by multiple fission
sporulate spor·u·late (spôr’yə-lāt’)
v. spor·u·lat·ed, spor·u·lat·ing, spor·u·lates
To produce or release spores.
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