sporangiophore

[spuh-ran-jee-uh-fawr, -fohr]

noun

Botany, Mycology.

1. a structure bearing sporangia.

sporangiophore

1. A stalk or branch that bears sporangia.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sporangiophore¹

First recorded in 1870–75; sporangi(um) + -o- + -phore

Example Sentences

At the time of sporangial formation the protoplasm with numerous nuclei streams into the swollen end of the sporangiophore and there becomes cut off by a cell-wall to form the sporangium.

From Project Gutenberg