Definition of "spore-bearing" []

• Bearing spores instead of producing seeds (adjective)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

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