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sporangium(dictionary)

sporangium (iou)



sporangium noun. . E19.
[mod. Latin, from Greek spora (see SPORE) + aggeion vessel: see -IUM.]
Botany. A receptacle in which spores are formed; esp. an organ in various fungi producing endogenous asexual spores.
sporangial adjective of or pertaining to a sporangium M19.
sporan'giferous adjective bearing sporangia M19.
sporangiolum noun, pl. -la, a small sporangium usu. containing only a few spores E19.
sporangiophore noun a structure or (Mycology) a specialized hypha bearing sporangia L19.
sporangiospore noun a spore produced in a sporangium L19.