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propagule

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Propagule (noun) means a small part released by a living thing, such as a seed or spore, that lets it spread and grow into a new one.

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A small part released by a living thing, such as a seed or spore, that lets it spread and grow into a new one.

"In many combinations of fungi and soils more than one method of estimating propagules will need to be used to provide a valid test of propagule numbers." — I. C. Tommerup, 2: Methods for the Study of the Population Biology of Vesicular-arbuscular Mycorhizal Fungi (1992)

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