sporangium
Americannoun
noun
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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
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Etymology
Origin of sporangium
1815–25; < New Latin, equivalent to spor- spor- + Greek angeîon vessel
Example Sentences
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Then something magical happens: The fungus stops eating and rearranges itself into a giant stalk with a ball of cells — a sporangium — on top.
From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2021
This zygote grows into a sporophyte, capped by a sporangium.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2018
They may be released from the parent thallus either outside or within a special reproductive sac called a sporangium.
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
The cancellation is coarser, the number of ribs fewer, the whole sporangium more or less globose; ferruginous or purple, the prevailing tint.
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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