tetrasporangium

noun, plural tet·ra·spo·ran·gi·a

[-jee-uh] . Botany.

a sporangium containing four asexual spores.

Origin:
1885–90; tetra- + sporangium

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tetrasporangium
noun
a sporangium containing four asexual spores

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