tetrasporangium

[ te-truh-spaw-ran-jee-uhm, -spoh- ]

noun

, Botany.

, plural tet·ra·spo·ran·gi·a [te-tr, uh, -spaw-, ran, -jee-, uh, -spoh-].

1. a sporangium containing four asexual spores.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tetrasporangium¹

First recorded in 1885–90; tetra- + sporangium