sporogonium

American

[spawr-uh-goh-nee-uhm, spohr-] / ˌspɔr əˈgoʊ ni əm, ˌspoʊr- /

noun

Botany.

PLURAL

sporogonia

the sporangium of mosses and liverworts.

sporogonium British

/ ˌspɔːrəʊˈɡəʊnɪəm, ˌspɒ- /

noun

the sporophyte of mosses and liverworts, consisting of a spore-bearing capsule on a short stalk that arises from the parent plant (the gametophyte)

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Other Word Forms

sporogonial adjective

Etymology

Origin of sporogonium

First recorded in 1870–75; sporo- + -gonium

Example Sentences

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Sporogonium rising from the under side near the margin.

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Sporogonium rising from the upper surface.

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Procumbent, irregularly branched or subpinnate; leaves semi-vertical, subsquarrose, obliquely cordate, the lower lobe expanded; underleaves ovate, acutely bifid, the upper margin angular-dentate or entire; sporogonium unknown.—On trees and rocks, chiefly in mountain regions.

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C, sporogonium with calyptra removed. op. lid, × 4.

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G, longitudinal section of a young sporogonium, × 12. sp. spore mother cells.

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