Definitions for sporogonia

sporogonia spo·ro·go·ni·um

Spelling: [spawr-uh-goh-nee-uh m, spohr-]
IPA: /ˌspɔr əˈgoʊ ni əm, ˌspoʊr-/

Sporogonia is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

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Definitions for sporogonia

noun

  1. the sporangium of mosses and liverworts.

Origin of sporogonia

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

Examples for sporogonia

The sporogonium has a small foot, but the sterile cells among the spores do not develop into elaters.

The sporogonium is of large size and highly organized, though it presents peculiar features in the peristome.

With the possible exception of Archidium, the sporogonium is throughout the Bryales constructed on one plan.

The details of construction of the sporogonium are referred to below.

Notothylas resembles Anthoceros in its thallus, but the sporogonium is much smaller.

The perianth serves also to enclose and protect the sporogonium during its development.

Fertilization takes place about June, and the sporogonium is fully developed by the winter.

In contrast to the sexual generation this stage is called the spore-bearing generation (sporogonium, sporophyte).

In none of the liverworts does the sporogonium develop by means of an apical cell, as is the rule in mosses.

The sporogonium when nearly mature bursts the calyptra irregularly.

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