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Definition of Sporangium
1. Noun. Organ containing or producing spores.
Generic synonyms: Reproductive Structure
Specialized synonyms: Macrosporangium, Megasporangium, Microsporangium, Eusporangium, Leptosporangium, Tetrasporangium
Definition of Sporangium
1. n. A spore case in the cryptogamous plants, as in ferns, etc.
Definition of Sporangium
1. Noun. A case, capsule, or container in which spores are produced by an organism. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sporangium
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Medical Definition of Sporangium
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sporangium
Literary usage of Sporangium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"An empty sporangium is seen above. It has been stated (16), but the observation
requires confirmation, that a fusion of the nuclei in pairs occurs early in ..."
2. The Origin of a Land Flora: A Theory Based Upon the Facts of Alternation by Frederick Orpen Bower (1908)
"It will be possible thus to arrive at some estimate as to which of these are
essential and which are merely accessory parts of the sporangium. ..."
3. Handbook of Practical Botany: For the Botanical Laboratory and Private Student by Eduard Strasburger (1887)
"The sporangium is then cut off by a'partition wall, in the formation of which
the chlorophyll-containing contents of the young sporangium and of the rest of ..."
4. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1896)
"Longitudinal section of sporangium with integument x 266. About Dec. i, 1891.
Fig. 2. Longitudinal section through sporangium with integument, showing three ..."
5. Organography of Plants, Especially of the Archegoniata and Spermaphyta by Karl Goebel, Isaac Bayley Balfour (1905)
"By a slit parallel with the long axis of the sporangium. ... Frequently oa account
of this the sporangium splits off at its base, as in Platycerium grande ..."
6. The Eusporangiatae: The Comparative Morphology of the Ophioglossaceae and by Douglas Houghton Campbell (1911)
"Burlingame (Burlingame 1) has more recently examined the development of the
sporangium in a species of Ophioglossum from the Philippines, which was assumed ..."
7. Handbook of Practical Botany: For the Botanical Laboratory and Private Student by Eduard Strasburger, William Hillhouse (1900)
"If a sporangium is to be formed out of the end of a branch, contents rich in
chlorophyll collect in this, and the end begins to swell club- wise. ..."
8. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"A, part of a longitudinal section of a male cone showing one sporangium and part of
... The sporangium contains several spore mother cells, each of which ..."
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