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sporangium

Noun

spo=ran=gi=um

WORDNET DICTIONARY

sporangium(n = noun.plant) spore case, spore sac - organ containing or producing spores; Array

is a kind of reproductive structure

has particulars: macrosporangium, megasporangium, microsporangium, eusporangium, leptosporangium, tetrasporangium

sporangium, n. [NL., fr. Gr. a sowing, seed + a receptacle.].

A spore case in the cryptogamous plants, as in ferns, etc. [1913 Webster]

sporangium, n. (pl. sporangia) Bot. a receptacle in which spores are found.

Derivative

sporangial adj.

Etymology

mod.L f. Gk spora SPORE + aggeion vessel

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