endospore
noun
endospore is a noun meaning “The inner layer of a spore” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled E-N-D-O-S-P-O-R-E, and it appears about once in every 63 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of endospore is endospores.
What does endospore mean?
noun
- 1
The inner layer of a spore.
- 2
A small vegetative spore produced by some bacteria.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of endospore
- endospores plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is endospore?
Endospore appears about once in every 63 million words in written English, the 249,463rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does endospore come from?
From endo- + spore.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).