sporangium
Americannoun
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sporangia
plural
noun
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sporangia
plural
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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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Origin of sporangium
1815–25; < New Latin, equivalent to spor- spor- + Greek angeîon vessel
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The sporangium is launched with a force equivalent to 20,000 times the force of gravity, toward a nearby patch of grass, where another horse or cow is likely to graze.
From New York Times ● Sep. 21, 2021
The sporangium is dark blue at the neck, and grainy white–blue elsewhere.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Four major adaptations are found in all terrestrial plants: the alternation of generations, a sporangium in which the spores are formed, a gametangium that produces haploid cells, and apical meristem tissue in roots and shoots.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Its sporangium grows inside, and then explodes out of, the insect’s head.
From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2014
Ascomycetes.—This, except in the case of a few of the simpler forms, is a very sharply marked group characterized by a special type of sporangium, the ascus.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
Spores are released when the sporangia burst open, completing the cycle.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Photo shows sporangia in seedless plant Bryum capillare.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
The mature sporophyte produces sporangia, completing the cycle.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
The life cycle of the brown algae, Laminaria, begins when sporangia undergo meiosis, producing 1n zoospores.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
There they saw ferns with leaves instead of fronds, ferns that loved the sun, ferns that lacked sporangia altogether, and other bizarre flukes of nature.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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