different between spront vs sporont

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sp??nt/

Noun

spront (plural spronts)

1. (US, Pacific NW, regional) A dried apricot.

   We made a compote containing prunes, spronts and raisins.

References

• 2004, December "Good Housekeeping" magazine "O Christmas Treats" article: "You can also add diced, dried apricots, or spronts as they are called here in Washington (p. 127)."
• 2003, June/July "Taste of Home" magazine "Stirring Comments" section: "The kids came home snacking on a bag of spronts, which I found out is just another name for dried apricots (p. 66)."
• 1999, In the song "Fruitcake full of Spronts and Nuts" on the PolkaCats Christmas Album.

English

Etymology

1880-85; see spore and onto-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /?sp?? ?nt/, /?spo?? ?nt/

Noun

sporont (plural sporonts)

1. (biology) In the sexual reproduction of certain sporozoans: an encysted spore, developed from a zygote, which undergoes sporogony to form sporozoites.

Related terms

• sporontocide

Anagrams

• protons