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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Origin of sporangium
1815–25; < New Latin, equivalent to spor- spor- + Greek angeîon vessel
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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
The sporangium is dark blue at the neck, and grainy white–blue elsewhere.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Its sporangium grows inside, and then explodes out of, the insect’s head.
From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2014
The sporangium, the multicellular sexual reproductive structure, is present in bryophytes.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013
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 Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
Photosynthesis takes place in their green stems, and small yellow knobs form at the tip of the branch stem and contain the sporangia.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Haploid spores are produced by meiosis within the sporangia, and spores can be disseminated through the air or water to potentially land in more favorable environments.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Imprints of Cooksonia show slender branching stems ending in what appear to be sporangia.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Upon maturation, the plasmodium takes on a net-like appearance with the ability to form fruiting bodies, or sporangia, during times of stress.
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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