Definitions for sporangia

sporangia spo·ran·gi·um

Spelling: [spuh-ran-jee-uh m]
IPA: /spəˈræn dʒi əm/

Sporangia is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

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Definitions for sporangia

noun

  1. the case or sac in which spores are produced.

Origin of sporangia

1815-25; New Latin, equivalent to spor- spor- + Greek angeîon vessel

Examples for sporangia

sporangia sessile, round, whitish, covered with an ashy-gray scurf.

The sporangia of the Bristle Fern are borne of the veins in the lobes of the fronds.

sporangia plane, umbilicate, attached to the wall by an elastic cord.

The sporangia have very short stalks, and are not provided with an annulus at all.

The spores are generally formed in special spore-capsules (sporangia).

It is along the margins of the lobes of the leaf that the sporangia are produced.

In these the sporangia are large and the ring (r) rudimentary.

The sporangia are often so much crowded as to appear to be grown together.

The tips of the sporophylls overlapped and afforded protection to the sporangia.

These spores are collected in spore-cases or sporangia (Fig. 7).

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