sporangium
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Etymology
From Late Latin sporangium, from Ancient Greek σπορά (sporá, “seed”) + ἀγγεῖον (angeîon, “vessel”).
Pronunciation
Noun
sporangium (plural sporangia)
- (botany, mycology) A case, capsule, or container in which spores are produced by an organism. [From 1821.]
- 1993, Sally Stenhouse Kneidel, Creepy Crawlies and the Scientific Method: Over 100 Hands-on Science Experiments for Children, page 81:
- Scientific explanations include that exposure to light, lack of moisture or absence of food can cause sporangia to form from the plasmodium. At least one of these three conditions has been present every time I've seen sporangia form.
- 2000, Peter R. Bell, Alan R. Hemsley, Green Plants: Their Origin and Diversity, page 161:
- Asexual reproduction by the production of a bud in place of a sporangium is not uncommon.
- 2009, Edith L. Taylor, Thomas N. Taylor, Michael Krings, Paleobotany: The Biology and Evolution of Fossil Plants, page 416:
- The sporangia, however, are much larger: 3–4 mm long 0.7–1.1 mm in diameter versus only 1–1.5 mm long 0.5–0.8 mm in Corynepteris, and are characteristically banana shaped with a pair of elongate annuli.
Synonyms
Hyponyms
- (container of spores): sorus, microsporangia, megasporangia, eusporangium, leptosporangium, synangium
Derived terms
- ascosporangium
- basidiosporangium
- endosporangium
- eusporangium
- leptosporangium
- macrosporangium
- megasporangium
- microsporangium
- oosporangium
- sporangiogenesis
- sporangiophore
- teliosporangium
- tetrasporangium
- zygosporangium
Related terms
Translations
a case, capsule, or container in which spores are produced
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References
sporangium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Category:sporangium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - OED2
Etymology
From Late Latin sporangium, from Ancient Greek σπορά (sporá, “seed”) + ἀγγεῖον (angeîon, “vessel”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
sporangium n (plural sporangia, diminutive sporangiummetje n)
- (botany) sporangium
- Synonym: sporendoos
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