noun
- structures produced by plants or other organisms that can develop into new individuals, such as seeds, spores, or vegetative parts
Usage: biological term; plural form
Examples
- The mangrove trees release their propagules into the water to drift to new locations.
- Scientists studied how different propagules survive in various environmental conditions.
- Wind-dispersed propagules can travel great distances from the parent plant.
- The researcher collected propagules from several species to test their germination rates.
- Marine algae produce propagules that can withstand saltwater conditions.
- Some propagules remain dormant until favorable growing conditions return.