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sporangia
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sporangia
Pronunciation
/spəˈrændʒiəm/
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
referring to the cell where a spore is formed, the part of a cell which develops into a spore
referring to a specialized structure containing one or more spores. In actinomycetes, a sack like structure in which spores are developed an held together.
Etymology
Neo-Latin, from spora & Greek, from angeîon
sporangia
sporangia
USE
sporangium
Date of creation: 29-Jan-2014
modified: 31-Jan-2014
Accepted term: 29-Jan-2014
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