Rolands use of the term "spore elements" seems to be confirmed here, no language confusion! http://www.arts-info.eu/en/fertilizing.html where did the use of the word "spoor" come from? Peter (UK) On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 6:31 PM, Rodger Whitlock <totototo@telus.net> wrote: > On 23 Aug 2012, at 1:08, Bulborum Botanicum wrote: > > > spore elements > > A confusion between "spoor" and "spore" and thence between "trace" = > "track", > "spoor" (of an animal) and "trace" = "a minute amount". Etymologically the > latter meaningn of "trace" is probably a development from the former. > > Is this cause for laughter and derision? No, of course not. Could many of > us > with English as our first language manage as well in another language? > >