sporangium
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dʒi noun, plural spo·ran·gi·a [-jee-uh] . Botany, Mycology.
[-jee-uh] . Botany, Mycology. the case or sac in which spores are produced.
Also called spore case.
Related forms
spo·ran·gi·al, adjective
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| —n , pl -gia | |
| any organ, esp in fungi, in which asexual spores are produced | |
| [C19: from New Latin, from | |
| spo'rangial | |
| —adj | |
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| sporangium (spə-rān'jē-əm) Pronunciation Key
Plural sporangia A cell or structure in which spores are produced. Ferns, fungi, mosses, and algae release spores from sporangia. Also called spore case. |
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Example sentences
It then settles down to transform itself into a new sporangium, possibly made fabulous by a shrubby bunch of rhizoids.
The spores are ellipsoid and there is no swelling of the sporangium.
Smaller, secondary sporangia form on short verticillate branchlets a short distance below the terminal sporangium.
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