sporangium

Other forms: sporangia

Definitions of sporangium
  1. noun
    organ containing or producing spores
    synonyms: spore case, spore sac
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    macrosporangium, megasporangium
    a plant structure that produces megaspores
    microsporangium
    a plant structure that produces microspores
    eusporangium
    a sporangium that arises from a group of epidermal cells
    leptosporangium
    a sporangium formed from a single epidermal cell; characteristic of the Filicales or of almost all modern ferns
    tetrasporangium
    a sporangium containing four asexual spores
    type of:
    reproductive structure
    the parts of a plant involved in its reproduction
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