sporangium
Americannoun
plural
sporangianoun
plural
sporangia-
A cell or structure in which spores are produced. Ferns, fungi, mosses, and algae release spores from sporangia.
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Also called spore case
Other Word Forms
- sporangial adjective
Etymology
Origin of sporangium
1815–25; < New Latin, equivalent to spor- spor- + Greek angeîon vessel
Example Sentences
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Once eaten, the sporangium passes through the animal’s digestive system and is excreted back out in a rich pile of dung, whereupon the cycle of consumption and escape starts anew.
From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2021
Figure 4. This bright field light micrograph shows the release of spores from a sporangium at the end of a hypha called a sporangiophore.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
The cycle starts with the release of haploid spores from the sporangium that developed on the sporophyte.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
From there, the fungus bursts forth from the poor ant’s head in the form of a sporangium that allows “thousands of spores” to “spread for miles,” with the help of the wind.
From Slate • Jul. 8, 2014
A single sporangium, � 20; stipe shown of unusual length.
From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by MacBride, Thomas H. (Thomas Huston)
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